Vienna’s Musikverein reopens for concerts
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We have fantastic news! 🥳🤩 🥳🤩 🥳🤩 🥳🤩
Since last Friday there is a glimmer of hope that it will be possible to play live music for a maximum of 100 concert visitors in June. We are currently working out the program for June and with a customized edition of our Musikvereinsfestivals to make the house ring out with music to the end of the season. 🎶🎵
Good news for Zubin!
What does this have to do with Zubin (Mehta?)
Zubin Mehta has a special relationship with Vienna and the VPO and I ‘am sure that h’es very happy about this information. He talk about that in his autobiography. And for me Zubin is the soul of the Musikverein
To me the soul of Musikverein is either Bruckner or Brahms. But certainly not a dull conductor like Mehta (although he seems to be a gentle person).
I had the chance to see in concert Zubin with the VPO it was magic the relationship between him and the orchestra. And for me he s the best ever conductor of the new year concert.
Zubin is a nice guy buy not the worlds best conductor
I wonder how large-ensemble concerts in Wien that neither are public nor receive public support are going to make a profit, if they can only have 100 people in the audience. The only way I can see symphonic music happen and be profitable right now is with arrangements of symphonic works for smaller ensembles… and there isn’t enough interesting repertoire.
There’s tons of interesting repertoire, especially to fill one season, and there are also incredible arrangements by people like Ian Farringdon. Optimism, creativity, and a can-do spirit is going to be absolutely vital to get through this.
First it was 50 people at the venue. Now it is one hundred. In a few weeks time 200 or more will be allowed. One-step and a time, we will get back to having a full audience. But we need to take each step in turn.
Plenty of interesting repertoire, your RSO could benefit a lot from performing such brilliant works that are right up its alley.
During the fin-de-siécle a lot was written in Vienna for smaller groups that is absolutely brilliant music and remains underperformed and underrated
Did they really use all those emojis?
it was an instagram post and yes, they did… on the official website no emojis in the announcement 😉
In Austria, the social distancing measure is just 1m. It’s a lot easier to re-open for concerts with a 1m distance, than it is with the UK’s 2m.
With no more than 100 people in the Musikverein hall, maintaining 2 m — or more — between audience members will be no problem. Especially if members of the same household can sit together.
Remember not to cough, or, if someone does, not to breathe. Happy go lucky.
Musician here– I’ll keep an eye out for the vacancies this creates next year.
What fantastic news indeed, be one of the 100 lucky ones, and make your funeral arrangements when buying the ticket.
Really, what a stupid comment. It really isn’t that dangerous. It certainly is not a death sentence.
You are correct. It is not as bad as friends staying the weekend
Im Wiener Konzerthaus spielt man im Juli immerhin schon vor 250 Zuhörern, die Wiener Symphoniker und Rudolf Buchbinder mit einem Beethoven – Programm