FEDERSPIEL "Blasmusik losgelöst von Erwartungshaltungen"
22.08.2025
New Year`s concert
03.01.2025
20:15 O'CLOCK
New Year's concert with the "Vienna String Soloists" on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss son | Entertaining pieces of the Strauss dynasty
Where: Lechwelten
Start: 8.15 pm
Admission from 7.45 pm
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The ensemble consists of 11 ‘soloists’: 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 double bass
The ensemble ‘Wiener Streichersolisten’ was founded in 1974 by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and since then has dedicated itself specifically to the literature for string orchestra in chamber music formations from the Baroque to contemporary music, with a focus on Viennese classical and Romantic music. The countless original compositions are supplemented with arrangements specially tailored to the ensemble. Opera literature and Viennese music, for example from the Strauss dynasty, are not neglected in the programmes.
Following successful concerts in Austria, the Vienna String Soloists have also performed abroad since 1979. The ensemble can now look back on over 300 acclaimed concerts with performances in Germany, tours of Italy and its first appearance in Japan in 1982. The ensemble has also given guest performances in the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France at the Festival de Paris and in Cyprus, as well as in China at the Beijing Festival in 2004 on behalf of the Austrian Federal Government. From 2006 onwards, the orchestra has performed for several years at the International Bruckner Festival in St. Florian, Upper Austria.
The international press describes the Vienna Speichersolisten as an ‘absolutely world-class ensemble’ and raves about their ‘velvety sound’. A French newspaper ran the enthusiastic headline: ‘The sun rises in the East!’
The Vienna String Soloists have worked with important soloists such as Mischa Maisky, Rudolf Buchbinder, Gidon Kremer, James Levine, Aurèle Nicolet, Hermann Baumann and Sabine Meyer. CD and radio recordings round off the ensemble's extensive artistic activities.
Two annual concerts organised by the ensemble have become a tradition: the summer concert at Schleissheim Castle near Munich and the Advent concert in the Angelika Kauffmann Saal in Schwarzenberg.
The main aim of the ensemble is to cultivate the world-famous Viennese string sound by uniting members of the two great Viennese orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The Viennese string sound is to be consciously carried out into the world again with varied programmes.
