New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic without an audience

In the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the traditional New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic heralds the virgin year 2021 on Friday starting at 11.15 am Riccardo Muti’s concert is by no means traditional in view of the crown situation . This year, for the first time, the great classical event must take place completely without a live audience. At least programmatically, they are based on familiar sounds, they dominate the works of the Strauss dynasty.

Muti, 79, will take the podium at the New Year’s Concert for the sixth time. This waltz bliss after a tough year 2020 will be broadcast around the world by the ORF for the 63rd time: at 11.15 am ORF 2 will start broadcasting from Vienna, which will be broadcast again in some 90 countries. Additionally, Ö1 will broadcast the concert live on the radio, along with dozens of other radio stations around the world.