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String Quartett: Talea Ensemble

The Talea Ensemble will present highlights of Austrian classical and contemporary music ranging from Franz Schubert to Olga Neuwirth. One of the up-and coming new ensembles in New York City, the Talea ensemble has recently performed works by Olga Neuwirth to high critical acclaim at the Bohemian National Hall in New York.

Friends of Mozart

Join us for a performance of the Claring Chamber Players, who will feature the Mozart Quartet for Oboe and Strings and music for varied instrumental ensemble by Michael Haydn, Franz Schubert as well as Mozart. The Claring Chamber Players, the resident ensemble of Friends of Mozart, encompasses musicians from New York's most prestigious orchestras and chamber groups and performs music from the Baroque era to the present day.

Special Events at the Pop-Up

The Austria Pop-Up store will be the venue for free concerts, gourmet food & wine events, film screenings and much more. Enjoy music by Austrian composers ranging from Mozart to Olga Neuwirth, journey back to imperial Vienna during our Sissi-Trilogy-Marathon, learn the true story behind THE SOUND OF MUSIC with Sam von Trapp, or sample a selection of the best Austrian wines at our “A Taste of Austria” event.

Our partners

We would like to extend a special Thank You to our partners who have worked with us to make the Austria Pop-Up experience a reality. Read on to find out about the products and services offered by Austrian Airlines, the Vienna Tourist Office, the Hotel Sacher, the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM), Swarovski Crystal Worlds, the Graz Tourist Office and the Austrian Trade Commission.

Schubertiade

For over twenty-five years the Schubertiade has accomplished the seemingly impossible: retaining its intimacy while becoming the world’s top Schubert festival.

Wiener Festwochen

Each year a huge celebration in front of City Hall kicks off this festival, which combines cultural experiences of the highest order with socially relevant themes and objectives.

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

In the Renaissance and Baroque, Innsbruck was one of Europe’s most important centers of music. The Innsbruck Festival, the oldest existing festival for early music, carries on this tradition each August.

Central Burgenland and the Home of Legends

Meet Franz Liszt, Wunderkind, piano virtuoso, playboy and abbé, citizen of the world, and self-proclaimed “gypsy musician,” in the hills of Central Burgenland, Austria’s eastern-most region.

Great Sights, Thanks to Great Sounds

From Joseph Haydn to Franz Liszt, music is baked right into Eisenstadt's history, and it plays a central role to this day. The town's flair and heritage are perfectly captured along the memorable Haydn Trail, a lively tour of the world-famous composer's life. His music will never sound the same again.

Mozart Week Salzburg: Winter‘s Classical Music Highlight

A highlight on the annual calendar of every Mozart fan, January’s Mozart Week is organized by the International Mozarteum Foundation. Before you pack your bags, consider yourself warned: the outstanding performances and the added charm of the snow-covered city of Salzburg will make you eager to return year after year.

Haydn Festival Lights Up Eisenstadt

The imposing Esterházy Palace is the ideal setting for the Haydn Festival, celebrating the music of composer Joseph Haydn. The Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra is the “orchestra-in-residence” at the Haydn Festival. A specific of the orchestra is a so-called “Eisenstadt or Pannonian style”, which gives it a unique sound. With its outstanding acoustics, the Haydn hall is ranked one of the finest in the world.

A day in Mozart’s footsteps

Imagine being five years old and performing in front of royalty all over Europe – this was just the beginning of a life lived at its fullest by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, lovingly called Wolferl.

The Cloud of Sound

Created to bridge the Ars Electronica Festival and the Anton Bruckner Festival this music event combines Bruckner’s music with highest-tech laser shows and spectacular fireworks.

The Night Watch: Wine, Liszt & Haydn

Let winemaker Eva-Maria Wagner entice you with one of her special wines along with some local treats. Later, follow the night watchman through the old alleys and lanes and learn about the composers Liszt and Haydn.

Opera Festival Jennersdorf

The Opera Festival Jennersdorf, in southern Burgenland’s “3-countries-Triangle”, is a world-class festival performed in a castle set among the pastures and meadows. It is one of Europe’s best intimate opera festivals! Experience it for yourself!

Grafenegg Music Festival

The combination of a historic castle, culinary pleasures, modern architecture, and world-class performances makes the Grafenegg Music Festival a delight for all senses.

Salzburg Festival

First held in 1920, the Salzburg Festival is one of the cultural highlights of the year. Alongside the regular residency of the Vienna Philharmonic, musicians and ensembles of the highest caliber fill the beautiful Alpine city with music and drama.

Franz Liszt - the European

Franz Liszt’s musical career took him to various European countries that were to influence his work. His open-mindedness and cosmopolitan outlook made him a “true” European. It is thus no wonder that today he remains a prominent figure in numerous countries in different ways.

The Life of a Composer

Of all classical composers, Franz Liszt's was the most colourful: an eccentric and heartthrob, a virtuoso pianist, an intellectual, cosmopolitan and globetrotter. And above all, he composed incessantly. His musical oeuvre comprises 123 piano works, 77 lieder, 25 orchestral works, 65 sacred & 28 secular choral pieces, and numerous arrangements and compositions for organ and other instruments.

Franz Liszt – A Visionary Cosmopolitan

Franz Liszt is regarded as the creator of an entirely new genre of piano music and a groundbreaking compositional style. Guided by his vision of transporting his ideas out into the world, Liszt soon became a cosmopolitan due to his extensive concert tours throughout all of Europe, dazzling audiences with his unique performance style and virtuosity.

Musical visionary

Franz Liszt is regarded as the creator of an entirely new genre of piano music and a groundbreaking compositional style. As a pianist, as well, he broke with all the conventions of the time, often drawing on one or more themes from familiar operas and using them as the basis for brilliant piano fantasies.

Festivals for all Senses

Austria’s diverse cultural offerings include over 200 festivals, stretching from world scale events to small regional gatherings. Many of them make use of Austria’s beautiful surroundings and most of them offer an outstanding culinary menu to accompany the cultural experience.

Once in Austria

Information on how to get from the airport to the city center or rail stations. How to get tickets to perfomances & shows and how to book a sight-seeing tour.

Gustav Mahler - his life

Gustav Mahler was born in July 1860 in Kilischt (today in the Czech Republic) has the second oldest of 14 children.

12.06.2012 - 25.06.2012

Wörthersee Classics

A celebration of sound in Austria's southern region Carinthia.

12.04.2012 - 23.04.2012

Wachau Gourmet Festival

The reputation of the world heritage site of Wachau on the River Danube is not only due to the unique beauty of its landscape and cultural treasures, but also to the overall setting, which makes it a region of true indulgence. During this festival, the Wachau region will dazzle with everything and everyone of distinction in the world of indulgence. Exclusive multi-course dinners, cookery shows, table talks with celebrities, and extraordinary wine tastings will prove that the Wachau plays in the Champions League of indulgence.

11.05.2012 - 17.06.2012

Vienna Festival

This international avent-garde program features music, dance, performances and more.

22.03.2012 - 25.03.2012

Loisiarte

Cultural spring festival under the theme: "Four Days - Four Points of the Compass".

Musicfestival Grafenegg

A classical music festival in a romantic setting. Grafenegg offers the historical backdrop for musical masterpieces from past centuries.

Schubertiade Schwarzenberg / Hohenems

Since more than 25 years the Schubertiade Festival has been mastering the seemingly impossible: To maintain intimacy, yet become the most important Schubert festival in the world.

Bregenz Festival

Bregenz is different. An opera festival with two stages: a traditional opera house, home to less-known operas, and an open-air lakeside stage, where productions are held in the most spectacular fashion.

25.05.2012 - 28.05.2012

International Baroque Days at Melk Abbey

This event takes place at one of Austria's most breathtaking Abbey with sweeping views of the Danube river and nestled right in Austria's wine country.

01.07.2012 - 30.08.2012

Concerts at Halbturn castle

Inhale the air of a warm summer evening during a walk through the park and enjoy the beauty of the baroque castle of Halbturn: this is the ambience offered by the "Halbturner Schlosskonzerte" every season on Saturdays in July and August.

02.01.2012 - 29.06.2012

Music+

Galerie St. Barbara with their »musik+« concert series, presents a varied program of top notch music performances in Innsbruck and Hall.

25.05.2012 - 28.05.2012

Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Prefacing Salzburg's main summer festival, the short Salzburg Whitsun Festival concentrates on baroque music. Since 2007 Italian maestro Riccardo Muti has brought a touch of his native Naples, together with the young musicians of the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

31.03.2012 - 09.04.2012

Salzburg Easter Festival

Every Easter, the Berliner Philharmoniker decamps south to Salzburg for an opera production and three orchestral programmes at the Salzburg Easter Festival.

150 Years Gustav Mahler

On July 7 one of Austria's famous sons was born: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), the genius of the fin de siècle, was a music pioneer of his time and influenced many composers. Music lovers all over the world celebrate him two years long in series: 2010 marked his 150th birthday, 2011 the 100th anniversary of his death. Together with Angelika Kirchschlager we have produced a special CD edition.

05.09.2012 - 09.09.2012

International Brahms Music Festival

Johannes Brahms compositions are partly influenced by Haydn’s music.

09.09.2012 - 03.10.2012

Bruckner Festival

The festival features international musicians performing works by and from the time of Anton Bruckner. The festival opens with a "classical cloud of sound"

Music in Austria

In Austria you can expect a first-class musical experience, whether it's a concert in the rooms of a Baroque palace, at the Opera House or at one of the many festivals.

Get a Taste of Salzburg

Salzburg and its surroundings were once described as "One of the most beautiful regions on earth” by the famous German traveller Alexander von Humboldt. This great package starts at USD 299 per person.

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1900, it is an indispensable cultural institution the the world capital of music.
The venues include the Musikverein, Konzerthaus, Theater an der Wien and many more.