Vienna celebrates Strauss: Majestic events in May 2025!

Vienna celebrates Strauss: Majestic events in May 2025!

This day, April 15, 2025, the Johann Strauss 2025 Vienna presents the upcoming program highlights for the coming month of May. This anniversary year is dedicated to Johann Strauss's 200th birthday, the iconic "King of Waltz", whose music not only inspires Vienna, but the whole world.

The event highlights in May contain numerous cultural activities. A special highlight is Diana Damrau's appearance on May 7th in the Musikverein Vienna, where the Vienna Operetta is discussed. The Dance on Ensemble leads the choreography "Musique - in the Spirit of Johann Strauss" by Mathilde Monnier on May 10th and 12th in the Volkstheater.

cultural diversity and innovation

The program under the motto "King of Waltz. Queen of Music" also includes a concert by the Merlin Ensembles Vienna on May 19 in the Leopold Museum, which will offer strauss by Schönberg, Berg and Webern. There will also be an premiere of Thomas Daniel Schlee. On May 23, the Concordia Ball will take place in the Vienna City Hall, in which the Concordia-Polka is premiered by Alma Deutscher.

An open choir concert entitled "Sing with, Strauss!" Will take place on May 24th in the Vienna City Park, organized by the Vienna Chamber Choir. Victoria Coeln's light and media artwork will be shown in the city park until May 25th and offers a visual homage to the life's work of the composer.

On May 28th, the Vienna Short's short film competition "Donau So Blau" will take place in the Metro cinema culture house, which presents over 200 submissions from 54 countries. In addition, on May 9th there will be a reading with Katharina Stemberger in the Theater Museum, which deals with the topic "Women about Strauss".

a year -round festival program

The Johann Strauss-Fest year 2025 GmbH, a company of the Vienna Holding, was founded to present a year-round festival program in Vienna on the occasion of Strauss' 200th birthday. Director Roland Geyer emphasizes that the festival year should celebrate the diversity and cultural vitality of Vienna. The offer includes classic brewing concerts, operettas and contemporary performance art.

Wien celebrates Strauss not only with live events, but also through permanent exhibitions that remain beyond 2025. One of the most important Strauss original towns include the Johann Strauss apartment at Praterstraße 54, in which he composed "on the beautiful Blue Danube", and the House of Strauss in Casino Zögernitz, where the history of the Strauss dynasty is portrayed in a museum.

Further information on the events and the festival year are on the websites Johann Strauss 2025 and Wien.info to be found.

The design of the celebrations is aimed at appreciating the musical roots of the city and their status as the world capital of music, while the Viennese citizens and visitors can look forward to a varied and stimulating cultural program.