New Year's concert 2025: A festival of music and dance in Vienna!

New Year's concert 2025: A festival of music and dance in Vienna!

On January 1, 2025, the new year was celebrated with the legendary Vienna New Year's concert, a cultural event that fascinates millions of spectators worldwide. The concert, which took place under the direction of the respected Italian star conductor Riccardo Muti, offered an impressive mixture of classic orchestral music and radiant singing performances. The Vienna Philharmonic opened the program with Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 C minor op. 67" and ended it with world-famous arias from classics such as Verdi's "Traviata" and the famous "Va 'Pensiero" from "Nabucco" href = "https://www.kleinezeitung.at/service/newsticker/kultur/1921754/fenice-theater-beht-neujahr-mit-italischen-opernmusik"> Kleine Zeitung reported.

The performance took place in the opulent golden hall of the Vienna Music Association and showed not only musical masterpieces, but also creative choreographies of the ensemble "Aterballetto", which were presented in iconic locations in Venice and on a waterboat. The tradition of the New Year's concert, which has not been broadcast live in Italy since 2003, regularly ensures protests among the music lovers in Italy. Muti himself expressed his regret about this change in regulation, which underlines the passion's passion, as well as vienna.at noted.

transmission and public festivities

The festivities were not only limited to the concert hall. The New Year's concert was broadcast live from 11.15 a.m., both on television and online. This becomes a special experience for many people in Austria. In addition, there were public broadcasts on Stephansplatz and at the winter market at the Ferris wheelplatz, where visitors could enjoy the sounds of the orchestra in the open air. For many, the live broadcast was a must, not least because in 2025 Johann Straus's son's 200th birthday was celebrated, which gives the event additional importance.

If you missed the concert, you don't need to worry: the ORF offers several repetitions, including a DACAPO service on the evening of New Year's Day and a charisma on January 4th. So the music of Johann Strauss and the impressive performances in the hearts of people remains alive even after the New Year's Day.