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Wiener Symphoniker Concert

Date: April 6-7 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-1,000 yuan

As Vienna's cultural ambassador and concert orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker handles the lion's share of symphonic activity that makes up the musical life of the Austrian capital. The orchestra's activities center around innovative projects that are associated with the purposeful cultivation of important Viennese musical traditions. Since 1946, the Wiener Symphoniker has been the Orchestra in Residence at the Bregenz Festival, where it also plays the majority of operatic and symphonic performances. The orchestra took on a new challenge at the beginning of 2006: That's when the Theater an der Wien became a functioning opera house again, and the orchestra has been responsible for a significant number of productions ever since.