The Vienna Symphony (VSO) has a proud tradition, but its fame reminds me of the ‘Seem-Giant’ Tur-Tur in Michael Ende’s “Jim Button” books: The further away you are, the bigger he seems; the closer you ...

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra has announced today that the successor to Philippe Jordan will be Colombian-born Andrés Orozco-Estrada. He will officially start his tenure with the 2021/22 season while ...

SM Entertainment’s classical and jazz label SM Classics will join forces with the renowned Wiener Symphoniker, or Vienna Symphony Orchestra, to stage a K-pop orchestra concert in Austria’s capital ...

Vienna (AFP) – The Vienna Symphony on Friday announced it had appointed Petr Popelka as its new chief conductor to replace Andres Orozco-Estrada, who walked out 14 months ago. Orozco-Estrada had ...

For the first time, the Blue Danube Waltz will be deliberately sent into space. A correction of a “cosmic error,” as Vienna Tourism Director Norbert Kettner calls it. As part of the Strauss Festival ...

On the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, NPR's Fred Child wraps up a week of musical celebrations in Salzburg, Austria. We begin with a concert at Purchase College in New York, Roger Norrington ...