Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn (german: Sommernachtskonzert) is an annual free entry outdoor concert in Vienna held by the Vienna Philharmonic. The venue for the concert is the Schönbrunn Palace. It has telecast on PBS in the United States as part of the series '' Great Performances''.

History

The concert began operations in 2004.The Summer Night Classical Concert

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Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

, Manuel de Falla,

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Niccolò Paganini,

Amilcare Ponchielli Amilcare Ponchielli (, ; 31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera ''La Gioconda''. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla. Life and work Born in Paderno Fasolaro (now Paderno Ponchiell ...

, Jean Sibelius, Johann Strauss,

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

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Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

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Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

Conductors

The concert has been conducted by: * 2024: Andris Nelsons * 2023: Yannick Nézet-Séguin * 2022: Andris Nelsons * 2021: Daniel Harding * 2020: Valery Gergiev * 2019: Gustavo Dudamel * 2018: Valery Gergiev * 2017: Christoph Eschenbach * 2016: Semyon Bychkov * 2015: Zubin Mehta * 2014: Christoph Eschenbach * 2013:

Lorin Maazel Lorin Varencove Maazel (, March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in th ...

* 2012: Gustavo Dudamel * 2011: Valery Gergiev * 2010: Franz Welser-Möst * 2009:

Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (; in he, דניאל בארנבוים, born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin. He has been since 1992 General Music Director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeist ...

* 2008: Georges Prêtre * 2007: Valery Gergiev * 2006: Plácido Domingo * 2005: Zubin Mehta * 2004: Bobby McFerrin

References

External links

Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn

Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn

Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn
(website of 2004–2007) *
Musikgenuss vom Feinsten: "Sommernachtskonzert" 2014 am 29. Mai live in ORF 2 und 3sat

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