Have you ever heard of "The Sound of Music"? Of course you have. And of course you think of Austria. Aside from the film and musical, do you realize how much musical activity there is in Austria and especially in Salzburg?
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Wilhelm Furtwängler wrote that "Daniel Barenboim is a phenomenon" when he heard the young piano virtuoso play in the year 1954. Barenboim was born on November 15, 1942 in Buenos Aires as the son of pianists. He received his first piano instruction from his mother, with his father later taking over his musical training.
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On May 24 the Schönbrunn Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic will take place for the fourth time - with free admission for the public with conductor Valery Gergiev. The annual concert has already become an event recognized around the world as a highpoint among Austria's cultural attractions.
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Maestro Zubin Mehta, who for decades has been a major international conductor and since 2001 an Honorary Member of the Vienna Philharmonic, will conduct the annual New Year's Concert from the Musikverein in Vienna on January 1, 2007. It will be the fourth time, after 1990, 1995 und 1998, for Mehta to lead the orchestra in this special musical event.
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The Vienna Philharmonic found itself the middle point of an unusual event in an unusual location. An Austrian Airlines Airbus A340-300, re-named "Wiener Philharmoniker" and sporting an exterior decorated with the name and emblem of the orchestra, as well as wind and string instruments and a Vienna Philharmonic gold coin, was unveiled at Hanger 2 of the Vienna International Airport in Schwechat.
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The year 2006 not only brings the music world a major emphasis on Mozart, but sees also the introduction of a new CD edition which is certain to arouse the interest of the discriminating music lover. Appearing under the title "Vienna Philharmonic - Live" this series is made up of previously unreleased recordings of live concerts gleaned from the orchestra's historical archives.
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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.
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The four concerts which constituted the guest appearance of the Vienna Philharmonic in Sydney were such a significant event in the history of our orchestra that we would like to provide a detailed account of the tour in its historical context.
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The Vienna Philharmonic received first place, followed by the Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam and the Berlin Philharmonic in a survey to name the 10 best orchestras in Europe.
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