Successful Concert Tour To Asia And Australia

The two-week Vienna Philharmonic tour of Asia under Valery Gergiev, which took the orchestra to Seoul, Hong Kong and for the first time in the 164 year history of this renowned ensemble to Australia, concluded with a major triumph in Sydney. The program included works by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Schumann and Mozart.

The audience in the famous Sydney Opera House, which is soon to be declared a World Heritage Site, rained garlands over the musicians after their last concert and forced the orchestra to perform four encores. The Philharmonic performed a total of four concerts in Sydney, one of which was broadcast on a large screen in front of the opera house where it was followed by an additional 5000 people.

All of the concerts had been sold out for months preceding the orchestra's appearances, and the Australian media spoke of orchestral performances of the highest quality.

The concerts taking place in Seoul and Hong Kong were also sold out, including a performance in the Sang Am World Cup Stadium before an enthusiastic audience of 40,000 people.

By www.wienerphilharmoniker.at