Orchestra & Choir
ORCHESTRA
THE VIENNA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is one of the world’s most internationally renowned chamber orchestras. Since its founding in 1946, it has performed in more than 80 countries and can be heard regularly on the world’s most prestigious concert stages.
Highlights of its history include performances conducted by Benjamin Britten, the debut of nine-year-old Daniel Barenboim, and appearances by Alfred Brendel. Since its founding, the orchestra has been closely associated with the Vienna Konzerthaus and has accompanied opera productions by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien since 2012.
Under Principal Conductor Jan Willem de Vriend, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra is deeply committed to historically informed performance practice.
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra has shared an artistic partnership with Joji Hattori for more than twenty years. He has been closely associated with the orchestra since 2004 and continues to collaborate regularly with the ensemble to this day.
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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.
