© Lukas Beck Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas Concert
Potsdam, St. Nikolaikirche Potsdam — main
About the Event
The Vienna Boys' Choir is an institution in music history and looks back on a tradition spanning more than 500 years. From the very beginning, they have served as musical ambassadors: as early as the 15th century, the first choirboys accompanied Emperor Maximilian I to imperial diets.
Today, the Vienna Boys' Choir performs on Sundays with members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Men's Choir in the Hofburg Chapel in Vienna. They can often be heard at major orchestral concerts, under conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann, Franz Welser‐Möst, and Simone Young. Highlights include performances at the Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert.
The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the few ensembles whose fame spans the globe. They regularly go on concert tours and delight audiences around the world with their perfect, crystal‐clear voices. The choir has received numerous prizes and awards, including two coveted Grammys – the “Oscars of music.”
In their Christmas concert, the Vienna Boys' Choir will perform classical works as well as Advent and Christmas carols.
Artists
| Choir: | Vienna Boys' Choir/ Wiener Sängerknaben Today the Vienna Boys' Choir consists of around 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen, divided into four touring choirs. The four choirs give around 300 concerts and performances each year in front of almost half a million people. Each group spends nine to eleven weeks of the school year on tour. They visit virtually all European countries, and they are frequent guests in Asia, Australia and the Americas. |
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| Musical direction: | Niccolò Morelli |
Address
St. Nikolaikirche Potsdam, Am Alten Markt, Potsdam, Germany — Google Maps
