Concerts in the Konzerthaus Vienna
of the Vienna Hofburg Orchester
The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra performs a number of Strauss and Mozart concerts every year in the Mozart Hall of the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
Since the concert hall was opened in 1913 with the “Festive Prelude for Orchestra and Organ” by Richard Strauss it is one of the most traditional venues for music in Vienna.
The concert halls are famous for their excellent acoustics, and every accent of Viennese cultural life is present there, from classical music to jazz.
The Konzerthaus in Vienna is not only the venue for world premieres and premieres of important works of classical music but also many musical festivals, such as the Wiener Festwochen.
Mozart Hall
The Mozart Saal (Mozart Hall) is the second largest hall in the Vienna Konzerthaus and combines tradition with modernity.
With its 704 seats, divided into balcony and ground floor, it gives a classical concert both casual intimacy and the necessary space for a unique musical experience.
The Mozartsaal (Mozart Hall) enjoys a worldwide reputation for its unique acoustics.
As a result, sound recordings take place here on a regular basis and make the Mozartsaal (Mozart Hall) particularly popular with leading orchestras and soloists.
History of the Wiener Konzerthaus
In 1890, the notion of a future building to host musical festivals emerged and the idea was to create a new multi-purpose building that should be more appealing to the broader public than the traditional Vienna Musikverein.
Architect Ludwig Baumann had the first idea: His “Olympion“ should hold concert halls, an ice skating rink, and bicycle clubs, and also include an open-air arena for an audience of 40,000. This specific plan was abandoned but the general notion remained, and the construction of the Konzerthaus began in December of 1911.
The same Ludwig Baumann, together with famous theatre architect Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Gottlieb Helmer, designed the building so that performances in the three large halls (Great Hall, Mozart Hall and Schubert Hall) can take place simultaneously without disturbing each other.
