The waltz was based on the Ländler, a folk dance scorned by upper class Austrians. Born on the outskirts of Vienna in 1825, Johann Strauss II composed over 500 waltzes, polkas and other kinds of ...

In this week’s Inside Austria, we look at the cultural joy of the Vienna Marathon and the government’s plans to relaunch ID ...

Tradition gives way to modernity, though, when Mr. Gomes highlights an intersection filled with scooters and cars, with the traffic an intricate dance set to, in an apparent nod to Kubrick’s “2001,” ...

The program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood" (drama tracing Abraham ... The program has three segments: (1) "Die Fledermaus" (English-language production based on Johann ...

Ready to dance, sing and scream your heart out ... The concert will feature Rieu’s iconic 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, a chorus, and international soloists. Expect a blend of classical ...

Vienna is hosting a year-long 200th birthday party for Johann Strauss II, celebrating the composer who gave the Austrian capital its unofficial theme song with The Blue Danube Waltz. Vienna’s ...

Marking the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth, the orchestra also performed a selection of the composer's most beloved waltzes, polkas and operettas, including Eine Nacht in Venedig ...

They’re biographic notes for Johann ... of the Strauss family. My favourite was the last room, where Strauss melodies play on everyone’s headphones while projections dance on the walls.

There are a few reasons 2025 is the best year for music lovers to visit Austria writes Arundhati Hazra. Austria has been the ...