The Vienna New Year's Concert (Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) is a musical event in the world's musical life. Held on January 1 every year at the Musikverein in Vienna, it is performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker). The original purpose of this concert was to showcase and promote the musical works of the Strauss family. To this day, the concert's repertoire is still mainly composed of works by members of the Strauss family (mainly three: Johann Strauss, Sr. Johann Strauss, Joseph Strauss) will also be interspersed with some dance music or marches by other composers.

[History]

On December 31, 1939, the first "New Year's Concert" was held in Vienna's Golden Hall, founded by Clemens Kraus.

The second session was held on January 1, 1941. After that, except for one session that was suspended due to war in 1945, the others are held regularly in the Golden Hall on January 1 of each year.

In 1946, it was officially named "Vienna New Year Concert".

From 1955, the concerts were conducted by Boskovsky until 1979.

Since 1980, the conductor of the concert has been changed every year

Tradition

The Vienna New Year Concert was broadcast on television for the first time in 1959, and soon it became A great event of European culture. In the televised broadcast, the Vienna Opera and Ballet also accompanied the New Year's Concert with classical Viennese dances, a tradition that has been preserved to this day. In China, televised broadcasts by China Central Television began in 1987.

The Vienna New Year Concert is broadcast live on television to more than 40 countries around the world every year, with an estimated audience of more than 1 billion. The concert has formed some traditions, including three encores, the last two of which are always "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss the Younger and "Radesky March" by Johann Strauss the Elder. 》. In the last song of the encore, "Radesky March", the audience will also join in the performance and clap along with the beat in specific sections, and the conductor will also turn around to direct the audience's rhythm. Another tradition is the conductor’s New Year’s address.

At the 1987 New Year's Concert, when the "Radetzky March" played, the audience couldn't help but start clapping to the beat, and Karajan turned around to conduct the audience. This continued every year, but in the 2005 New Year's concert, this piece was canceled in memory of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

At the 1989 New Year's Concert, when "The Blue Danube" played, the audience's applause interrupted the artists' performance. Kleiber faced the audience and delivered a New Year's message. In some subsequent years, conductors have said "Happy New Year" (most recently Lorin Maazel in 2005).

Mariss Jansons Mariss Jansons hosted the 2006 Vienna New Year Concert

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