Conductors Archive

Composed and premiered in 1874, Johann Strauss II’s operetta “Die Fledermaus” is one of his most popular stage works. The operetta was premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and has since become …

Born in Israel in 1989, Lahav Shani grew up listening to music at home and at the nearby concert hall of the Israel Philharmonic. He says the music of Sergei Prokofiev always spoke to him …

The Austrian cellist and conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt was born in Berlin, grew up in Graz (Austria) and studied the cello in Vienna, where from 1952 to 1969 he was a cellist with the Vienna Symphony …

Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla was discovered by the German Conducting Forum (Deutsches Dirigentenforum) in April 2009. A native of Vilnius, Lithuania, she was born into a musical family. Before pursuing her studies at the Music Conservatory in …

It is very difficult to either explain or learn the magic rhythm and the dance flow that is inherent in the music of Johann Strauss Jr. The Vienna Philharmonic is an expert at this, as …