Strauss & Mozart - Vienna, Austria

Enjoy the wonderful music of Strauss & Mozart.

The Kursalon, built from 1865 - 1867 in the Italian Renaissance style, is one of the most splendid
buildings in Vienna.  This is where the true Viennese Johann Strauss Jr. earned his title as the
"Waltz King" for which he was perpetauted with the famous golden statue in front of Kursalon,
"Sound of Vienna" keeps this lovely tradition alive with classical music concerts at the highest level.

The "Salonorchester Alt Wien", one of the best -known interpreters of Viennese classical music, performs a sparkling selection of the loveliest melodies of waltz king Johann Strauss and of the most important representative of the Viennese classicism, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Virtuoso musicians
superb opera singers and enchanting ballet soloists present an evening  full of Viennese charm, with swinging waltzes, polkas, arias and duets of the highest artistic level.

Silvestergala

New Year's Eve Gala

Celebrate the New Year's Eve Gala, followed by the Strauss& Mozart concert, waltz workshop and dance music after midnight provides an ideal scenery for a memorable New Year's Eve.  The highlight of the evening is the musical fireworks show at midnight after which you can enjoy the rest
of the evening by joining the New Year's party.

Johann Strauss (1825 - 1899)

With his compositions in the field of so-called light enertainment , Johann Strauss (Son), the "Waltz King", cast everything in the same genre into the shade.  His career began in the year 1844, whwn he made his sensationally successful debut with his own orchestra in Dommayer's Casino in Hietzing.
It was the beginning of an unprecedented triumphal progress that among otherthings led him, together with his brothers Joseph and Eduard, to the Kursalon Wien. From 1856 onwards,the concert tours which were organised on a grand scale throughout the whole Europe, and the American tour of
1872 , triggered real "Strauss hysteria", His popularity was unsurpassed, impressed by Offenbach's
operattas, he started to compose his own works for the stage on a concert grand of the Austrian piano
manufacturer Bosendoefer .By this means, the waltz and other types of dance such as the gallop[,polka, march and czardas became integral parts of Viennese Operetta. The Golden era of the Viennese Operetta reached its climax with "The Bat" (1847) and "The Gypsy Baron" (1885)

Wolgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756 - 1791)

Like no other composer, Mozart and his music radiate an undiminished fascination right up to the present day.  At the tender age of three, Mozart was already learning to play the violin from his mentor and teacher, his father Leopold Mozart.  His first compositions came into being in 1761.
He undertook many journeys: among others, three to the then leading musical country of Italy, and
from 1969 to 1781 he occupied the position of orchestra leader at the court of the Prince Archbishop of Salsburg. Because of a disagreement with Archbishop  Colloredo, Mozart left Salsburg and went to Vienna.  Despite his early death, his oeuvre comprises more than 600 compositions including sacred music, operas, lyrical  dramas and other stage works, ballet music, concert arias, songs and canons, dances, symphonies, divertimenti, serenades and chamber music for widely differing ensembles and concerts and sonatas.

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