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Orchester Wiener Akadmie Chinese New Year's Concert in Beijing

Date: Feb 12-13－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts-Concert Hall, Beijing

Price: 180-800 yuan

Orchester Wiener Akademie is the only Austrian orchestra to offer performances of repertoire from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and early 20th-century eras on period instruments, as well as performances of contemporary repertoire on modern instruments. The Austrian conductor Martin Haselboeck hails from a famous family of musicians. Early in his career, following studies in Vienna and Paris and receiving numerous prizes and fellowships, he gained an international reputation as an organ soloist, working with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Lorin

Maazel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Riccardo Muti and many others. His recordings as an organist have brought numerous awards, including the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason d'Or and the Hungarian Liszt Prize.