The gold medal conductor of the 2015 Vienna New Year Concert in Beijing was Saberling. The 2015 Vienna New Year’s Concert has been confirmed to be conducted by Zubin Mehta.
The conductors are selected from world-famous conductors, mainly the conductors who achieved the greatest success in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s music season that year.
Information on conductors of the Vienna New Year Concert in recent years:
When Boskovsky retired due to illness in 1980, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra chose Lorin Maaze ——A conductor who has made brilliant achievements in the world of outstanding performance music. He conducted the New Year's Concert until January 1, 1986. Since then, the conductor of the New Year's Concert has changed every year. In 1987, the conductor was the famous Herbert von Karajan, who conducted an unforgettable concert, followed by Claudio ·Claudio Abbado (1988 and 1991), Carlos Kleiber (1989 and 1992), Zubin Mleiber (1990, 1995, 1998 and 2007), Riccardo Muti (1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004), Lorin Maazel (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2005) , Nicholas Harnoncourt (2001, 2003), Maris Jansons (2006, 2012), Seiji Ozawa (2002), George Plett (2008, 2010), Daniel Barenboim (2009, 2014) Franz Welser-M?st (2011, 2013). All this resulted in the conductor being the most successful conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic's music season that year. The New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel in 1999 opened the "Strauss Year" - 1999 is the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss Jr. and the 150th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss Sr. .
The 2012 Vienna New Year Concert has been confirmed to be conducted by Latvian conductor Maris Jansons. The 2013 Vienna New Year Concert has been confirmed to be conducted by Austrian conductor Franz Welser-M?st.
According to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra website, the 2014 Vienna New Year Concert has been confirmed to be conducted by Daniel Barenboim.