Topic: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-04 17:10:46
American conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the Austrian capital. Topping the programme of Saturday's performance at the Musikverein concert hall will be the world premiere of a suite taken from Maazel's opera "1984", based on the novel of the same name by George Orwell. Maazel will also conduct Claude ...
AFP Asian Edition | 2010-01-02 08:10:14
<div><p>The Vienna Philharmonic's acclaimed New Year concert, led by 85-year-old conductor Georges Pretre, was broadcast Friday in a record 72 countries and on the Internet for the first time, organisers said.</p><p>Nearly 50 million television viewers tuned in worldwide, including from Australia, China, India, Russia and the ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-30 17:10:26
<div><p>French maestro Georges Pretre is to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic's legendary New Year's Concert on January 1, the orchestra announced Monday.</p><p>It will be the second time that the 84-year-old conductor has been invited to take the podium of the world's best-known and most sought-after ...
AP News | 2009-01-06 10:03:57
Argentine-born Israeli Maestro Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year's concert at the golden hall of Vienna's Musikverein, Austria on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss)
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