It has long been a Philharmonic tradition at the New Year to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and its contemporaries.
The 2024 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert takes place on January 1, 2024, under the baton of Maestro Christian Thielemann in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Christian Thielemann enjoys a particularly close and productive artistic partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic. After 2019 the concert on January 1st marks the 2nd time, that Christian Thielemann conducts this prestigious concert event. See the program here.
Since the 2012/2013 season Christian Thielemann has been Principal Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden. Following engagements at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in Gelsenkirchen, Karlsruhe, Hanover and Dusseldorf, in 1988 he moved to Nuremberg to occupy the post of Generalmusikdirektor. In 1997 he returned to his hometown of Berlin to direct the Deutsche Oper until 2004, when he became Music Director of the Munich Philharmonic, a post he held until 2011. In addition to his current position in Dresden, Thielemann has been Artistic Director of the Salzburg Easter Festival, where the Staatskapelle served as resident orchestra, from 2013-22. In September 2023, Christian Thielemann was appointed to succeed Daniel Barenboim as General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden beginning in the 2024/25 season.
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