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NewsVienna Philharmonic appoints Benjamin Morrison to first violin position
The New Zealand musician has been a second violin with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra since 2014
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NewsNew York and Vienna philharmonics celebrate 175th anniversaries with joint exhibition
The display will be housed at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York from 23 February 2017, and will travel to Vienna, opening at the Haus der Musik, on 28 March
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NewsVienna Philharmonic promotes Gerhard Marschner to principal viola
The 32-year-old has performed with the Vienna Philharmonic since 2007, currently serving as a viola section leader
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ArticleHerbert von Karajan conducts Radetzky March with the Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan conducts Strauss's Radetzky March at the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 1987.Read: Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
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NewsJosé Maria Blumenschein appointed Vienna Philharmonic concertmaster
Currently concertmaster of WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne, the young violinist takes up his new role in September 2016
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ArticleVideo: Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3
Conductor and early music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who announced his retirement on Saturday 5 December, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216, with soloist Gidon Kremer. Violinist Ray Chen will give a Masterclass on the first movement of this concerto in ...
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NewsVienna Philharmonic principal cellist Friedrich Doležal has died aged 68
The musician performed with the orchestra from 1968 until 2014
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NewsVienna Philharmonic Orchestra advertises for new concertmaster
The orchestra is expressly looking for a female candidate who will first perform with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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NewsVienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
The orchestra shares its efforts to maintain fairness and describes the complicated process of gaining full membership
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NewsVienna Philharmonic to invest $1m Birgit Nilsson Prize in Historical Archives
The award is the largest of its kind in the field of classical music
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ArticleVienna Philharmonic to receive $1m Birgit Nilsson Prize
The orchestra will perform at the award ceremony in Stockholm in October
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos takes on dual role of violin soloist and conductor at Vienna Philharmonic Ball
The violinist replaces Riccardo Chailly, marking the first time in the history of the Ball that a conductor will also play
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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra bassist dies in hiking accident
A bassist in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has died in a hiking accident. Georg Straka slipped and fell to his death while climbing Mount Fuji on a free day during the orchestra's current tour of Japan. He was 41. Born in Mödling, south of Vienna, in 1969, Straka studied ...