Vienna is hosting a year-long 200th birthday party for Johann Strauss II, celebrating the composer who gave the Austrian ...

2025 is a special year for the Austrian city of Vienna, as it celebrates 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II on October 25th, 1825. Throughout the year, the city is marking the ...

A view of the Johann Strauss monument in Vienna's Stadtpark, created by artist Edmund von Helmer. The Vienna Philharmonic is to play Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" in the Austrian capital on ...

The New York Times named it one of the top 52 destinations to visit in 2024. Then Austrian Airlines introduced its new ...

When you think of a waltz, it’s likely that your thoughts turn to Johann Strauss, the Viennese composer often dubbed ‘The ...

A world-touring music idol with fans clamouring for locks of his jet-black curls. His jealous father trying to derail the gifted first-born from following in his footsteps. Illegitimate children.

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) is known as the 'Waltz King'. He was the greatest of all Viennese dance music composers. Life and Music The young Strauss had started composing and directing his own ...

The European Union Youth Orchestra performs at the Grafenegg Festival in Austria, with conductor Gianandrea Noseda, in a concert also featuring Richard Strauss's Don Quixote. Plus music from other ...

Jan. 1 - As traditions go, the Vienna New Year's concert is fairly recent - less than 100 years old. The Colorado version and mirror image, "Salute to Vienna" by the Strauss Symphony of America, is ...

In this week’s Inside Austria, we look at the cultural joy of the Vienna Marathon and the government’s plans to relaunch ID ...