Orchestra & Choir
ORCHESTRA
THE VIENNA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra was founded in Vienna in 1946. Since then, it has earned an outstanding international reputation and is one of the most widely traveled ensembles in the world, performing in over 80 countries. The long list of artists who have performed with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra includes many major names such as Sandor Vegh, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Neville Marriner, Adam Fischer, Cecilia Bartoli, Elina Garanca, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder, and others.
Choir
Philharmonia Choir Vienna
The Philharmonia Chor Wien is under the direction of its founder, Walter Zeh, and is an internationally active professional opera and concert choir. It was founded in 2002 on the initiative of the former artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, Gerard Mortier. Since 2006, this choir has performed as an independent association under the name Philharmonia Chor Wien. The choir has performed under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Marc Minkowski, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hengelbrock, Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, and Riccardo Muti, and has performed at venues including the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Ravenna Festival, Baden-Baden Easter Festival, the Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
