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

Vienna, a timeless European capital city, blends royal grandeur with modern vibrancy. From the opulent Hofburg palace halls ...

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

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

Johann Strauss II was born in 1825 and two centuries later he is the result of a groundbreaking decision to correct what the Vienna Tourist Board and the European Space Agency (ESA) are calling an ...

Made possible by patrons of the arts Elizabeth Segerstrom and Maria Manetti Shrem, two concerts plus some enrichment programs ...

Only once “Alles Walzer!” ("Let the waltz begin!") has been declared can the rest of the crowd join in the dancing. This year ...

Best known for his rousing waltz The Blue Danube, which became Austria’s unofficial national anthem, many of his 500 dance pieces live on in Vienna’s roaring ball season. Strauss’s ...

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

Riccardo Muti, in what felt like a victory lap, returned to Carnegie Hall to lead the Philharmonic’s annual three-day series of concerts.

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 ...

VIENNA — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal ... anniversary of the birth of Viennese composer and violinist Johann Strauss II, known as the “waltz king.” While the waltz, the quadrille ...