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Memorial concert live on Ö1

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, Ö1 had broadcast the “Johann Strauss Memorial Concert” from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. Oksana Lyniv was conducting the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra and numerous soloists such as Miriam Kutrowatz, Anna Prohaska, Anna Lucia Richter and Johannes Bamberger were performing alongside the Vienna Singverein. 

Rehear at:

Erinnerungskonzert Johann-Strauss

Anton Zeilinger and the Singverein in "kulturMontag"

You can rewatch the report on the concert with fragments of the requiem by W.A. Mozart here: 

on.orf.at

 

Singverein on tour

Wiener Singverein on tour with Arthur Honegger´s „Jeanne dArc au bûcher“

Between December 12 and 18, 2024, the Wiener Singverein performed Arthur Honegger's large-scale dramatic oratorio “Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher”, which retells the story of the French resistance fighter and national heroine Joan of Arc, four times in the famous concert halls of Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and Hamburg.

"Wiener Advent" to re-listen

Listen to the traditional Advent concert of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra with the Vienna Singverein, Rosa Feola and Kate Lindsey under the direction of Stéphane Denève here: 

Erlebnis Bühne mit Barbara Rett: Adventkonzert der Wiener Symphoniker aus dem Stephansdom - ORF ON

Axel Hiller becomes Diector of Concert and Media at the Salzburg Festival

On May 1, 2025, Axel Hiller (bass in the Vienna Singverein) will take over the management of the “Concert and Media” department at the Salzburg Festival.

Our warmest congratulations!

Agnes Schnabl wins Choral conducting competition

Agnes Schnabl, formerly member of Wiener Singverein and a graduate of Johannes Prinz´s choral conducting class at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, won the first prize at the internationally acclaimed competition for choral conductors "London International Choral Conducting Competition". 
We congratulate her warmly!

Schicksalslied and Lobgesang to Re-listen

The celebratory concert for Arnold Schönberg's 150th birthday on September 13, 2024 was broadcast by ORF III and is available at the following link:

Gurre-Lieder auf ORF III

Fairness for all voices

from "Musikfreund, March 2024":

"Away from the heavy choir, towards the lighter, transparent sound that is in demand internationally today" - this is the motto of the success story of the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna under the direction of Johannes Prinz. On March 10, there will be a reunion in the large Musikvereinssaal under his baton.

To the Musikfreund article