Vienna Hofburg Orchestra

Vienna Hofburg Orchestra
Orchestra
Gert Hofbauer and the orchestra in the Grosser Redoutensaal of the Hofburg Palace, 2008.
Founded	1971
Principal conductor	Giuseppe Montesano
Website	www.hofburgorchester.at

The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra (in German: Wiener Hofburg Orchester) is an Austrian classical orchestra based in Vienna.

History

The orchestra was founded by the conductor Gert Hofbauer in 1971 and consists of 52 professional musicians from all large orchestral societies of Vienna and international vocal soloists: Andrea Olah (soprano), Kayo Takemura (soprano), Ella Tyran (soprano), Elena Suvorova (mezzo-soprano), Oskar Hillebrandt (baritone), Georg Lehner (baritone), Peter Edelmann (baritone) (son of the Austrian bass Otto Edelmann) and Bohan Choe (tenor).

The orchestra's defined aim is to "cultivate

Each year on the evenings of December 31 and January 1 the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra performs traditional Viennese New Year's Eve and New Year's Concerts in the Hofburg's festival halls.[3]

Gallery

• 
  Concert in the

  Hofburg Palace

  (2007).
• 
  The vocal soloists of the Hofburg Orchestra (2007).
• 
  The entire ensemble in the Festsaal of

  Hofburg Palace

  (2007).
• 
  Concert in the Grosser Redoutensaal of the Hofburg Palace(2008).
• 
  The ensemble in the Großer Redoutensaal (2008).

References

External links

Media related to Wiener Hofburg Orchester at Wikimedia Commons

• Vienna Hofburg Orchestra Website in English