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Classical music in Vienna

Every night in Vienna around 10,000 music fans are treated to live classical music, something that is simply unheard of in any other city in the world. Each year the Vienna concert schedule includes more than 15,000 events of various sizes and genres. Looking for the most magnificent concerts in Vienna? Here’s your ultimate overview. From the Wiener Musikverein, where the world-renowned New Year’s Concert takes place, to concerts that include dinners at Kursalon Hübner, we’ve got you covered.

Valentina Naforniță, Portrait

“There’s just something in the air here.”

The stars of the music world are mad about Vienna – for many of them, the city is their artistic home. Here, six of them tell us why – intimate...

Vienna Boys’ Choir

Vienna Boys' Choir

They thrill the concert-going public around the world, are described as Vienna’s youngest ambassadors, and make music with world class musicians:...

Musikverein

Musikverein

The Musikverein is Vienna's most famous center for classical music. Going to a concert here is about getting to know Vienna as a city of music in...

Wiener Konzerthaus, façade

Wiener Konzerthaus

Music lovers experience lively musical variety at the first-class music center that is the Wiener Konzerthaus. Leading performers of every genre...

Orchester 1756 gives a concert at St. Charles Church

Church concerts

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles) and many other sacred sites are regular showplaces for diverse concerts. Classical...

Riccardo Muti, New Year's Concert, Vienna Philharmonic 2018

New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic

The Vienna Philharmonic gives its New Year's Concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. The whole world looks on and joins in the...

Piano in Café Museum

Viennese Concert Cafés

Live music in numerous Viennese concert cafés makes a visit to the coffee house a delight for the ears: The piano music of Waltz King, Johann...

Bärbel Bellinghausen

While My Violins Gently Sleep

Bärbel Bellinghausen came to Vienna to make violins – which she does with passion and perfectionism. Now she has a patent registered for the...

Bösendorfer

Bösendorfer piano factory

Vienna is in the global elite when it comes to making musical instruments. At the top of the list is piano maker Bösendorfer, which has been...

Mozart Memorial Burggarten

In the footsteps of famous musicians

Stroll through the music city of Vienna in the footsteps of the great composers: to places such as the original homes of Mozart and Schubert, to...

Audience clapping in the Wiener Konzerthaus

Concerts for newcomers to classical music

Particularly worth recommending for your first dip into the world of classical music are the almost daily performances by Vienna’s concert series...

Violin player

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Audience clapping in the Wiener Konzerthaus

The Viennese audience - Listening with passion

Great music demands an audience to match. Vienna has both. Vienna's concert-goers have been attested special characteristics from the very...