The Vienna Philharmonic returned to Southern California in fine form, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin with Yefim Bronfman ...

The Vienna Philharmonic is to play Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" in the Austrian capital on May 31, with the concert ...

2025 is a special year for the Austrian city of Vienna, as it celebrates 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II on October 25th, 1825. Throughout the year, the city is marking the ...

In light-hearted movements, Nézet-Séguin traded smiles with first violins, fingers fluttering in tandem with their trills.

The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna’s famed balls in the 18th century could never have imagined how the hallmark of the Austrian capital’s social and ...

The 160 debutantes at the 2025 Vienna Opera Ball wore Swarovski tiaras and their escorts wore Swarovski tie pins on their lapels ...

NASA launched a load of earthly cultural goodies into space to benefit the extra-terrestrials including two Voyager Golden ...

The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of ...

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board, in collaboration with Jung von Matt DONAU, has launched a campaign titled `Waltz into Space`. The campaign will send ...

In 1829 he became musical director at the Sperl, the largest dance hall in Vienna. He had six children, of whom three survived infancy and went on to become dance musicians. Johann Strauss II was his ...

From its 18th century roots, Vienna’s celebrated ball season has evolved and now involves teenagers learning to waltz by ...

Spend some time visiting a Vienna coffeehouse, or go to a concert of waltzes by Johann Strauss. Vienna is also where you'll find the fabled Spanish Riding School with its magnificent white ...