Musikverein Is Home To The Wiener Philharmoniker: Vienna’s concert hall, the Musikverein, is well known to music lovers the world over. For it is from the Große Musikvereinssaal, or Goldene Saal (Golden Hall) that the city’s legendary Wiener Philharmoniker New Year’s Concert is broadcast to over 50 countries each year. Home of Wiener Philharmoniker The Wiener Musikverein is the centre of Viennese musical culture and this is where visiting international orchestras perform when in … [Read more...]
Vienna, the Waltz Capital of the World
December 14, 2009 by
Dance out your Dreams at one of Vienna's Balls: New Year's Eve brings on the best of Vienna's ball season and from January up to Lent the Austrian capital transforms itself into the waltzing capital. Famous for its classical music, waltzes and its grand ballrooms, Vienna is the premier city in the world for waltzes. Starting with the Hofburg Vienna's Kaiserball (Imperial Ball) on New Year's Eve to the School of Dancing Ball, there are hundreds of Vienna balls to choose from. If you love … [Read more...]
