For almost one hundred years, there has been the orchestra called "Wiener Symphoniker", although not always under that very name. It is an astonishing fact that the urgent necessity which originally led to the foundation of the "Concert-Verein" (as it was called then), and which in the eyes of both public and sponsors has remained the unchanging and obvious basis of the orchestra´s concert activities, still is practically the same as in the past.

Around the turn of the century, it became increasingly clear that the wealth of old and new musical works to be presented to the public (both as revivals and first nights) could not be handled by one single orchestra, i.e. the Vienna Philharmonic, which had also begun to specialize above all in opera. At the same time, the music-loving public flocked to the only large concert hall of Vienna in those days, the "Golden Hall" of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.

While Vienna today boasts a second representative concert hall, the "Grosser Konzerthaussaal", as well as other symphonic orchestras, the Wiener Symphoniker still handle the "lion´s share" of all concert performances. The orchestra´s impressive record lists about two hundred concerts per year, including the Symphoniker´s own concerts (three series and one separate chamber music series) as well as concerts organized by the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft and the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.

More of their history, musicians, concerts, recordings can be found at Wiener Symphoniker

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