Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra · Vienna
Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra
Repertoire from the world-famous New Year's Day television concert — on tour through Scandinavia & Europe.
The New Year's Concert from Vienna
On its world tour the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra from Vienna — made up solely of the city's finest musicians and vocal soloists — performs a repertoire drawn from the world-famous concert broadcast on television every New Year's Day and watched by millions of viewers around the globe.
During the tourist season the orchestra gives daily concerts in the historic Orangery of Schönbrunn Palace, where the coveted tickets sell out quickly to an international audience.
“No one performs Viennese music the way Viennese musicians do.”
Year after year the orchestra tours the world, met everywhere by concert-hall directors and critics who say the same thing. A guest appearance by the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra — in such demand across the world — is a rare and special occasion.
When the orchestra visits the leading concert halls of Scandinavia, audiences enjoy beloved classics, many of them familiar from the New Year's broadcasts. And every concert closes, as tradition demands, with the Radetzky March, the audience clapping along under the conductor's direction.
The Orchestra
Since 2015 the renowned Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra has performed under a new name — Schönbrunn Festival Orchester Vienna — formerly known as Schloss Schönbrunn Orchester Vienna.
An internationally sought-after chamber ensemble with genuine Viennese roots, distinguished by its refined line-up, its charming presentation and its elegant appearance on stage. The orchestra has performed throughout Sweden and far beyond, touring Denmark, Finland, Japan, China, Australia, the USA, South America and Russia.
Its repertoire centres above all on the works of W. A. Mozart, the Strauss family and their contemporaries. The ensemble upholds the Viennese musical tradition and brings long experience of working alongside leading operetta singers.
Schönbrunn Palace
The Schönbrunn Festival Orchester gives several concerts a year at Schönbrunn Palace, where a million guests from around the world have already experienced palace concerts in its magnificent setting. Once the Habsburgs' summer residence, Schönbrunn draws some 1.5 million visitors annually — Austria's most-visited attraction.
Programme & Cast
A classic Viennese New Year's programme — waltzes, polkas and operetta gems by the Strauss family, Ziehrer, Lehár, Kálmán and Oscar Straus. Original titles are shown in German, with an English translation in italics below.
Two conductors share the 2027 tour — see the cast below.
3–12 Jan · Mannheim – Örebro. Born in South Africa, David Scarr completed his conducting studies with distinction at the Vienna Conservatory in 1994. He has conducted across Europe, Australia and Africa and has been with the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra since 2009.
13–19 Jan · Vara – Oslo. Austrian-Italian conductor born in Naples in 1966, trained at the Vienna Conservatory and Music University. Principal conductor of the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra since 1998, he is also a composer of operas, ballets and sacred works.
Soloists alternate across the tour.
3–9 Jan · Mannheim – Helsinki (1st concert). Viennese soprano, graduated with honours from the mdw Vienna; engagements at the MusikTheater an der Wien, Coburg State Theatre and Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater.
9–19 Jan · Helsinki (2nd concert) – Oslo. Austrian soprano with a master's from the Vienna Conservatory; appearances at the Volksoper Wien, Theater an der Wien and Landestheater Linz, and in recital at the Musikverein's Golden Hall.
3–9 Jan · Mannheim – Helsinki (1st concert). Rome-born baritone and ensemble member of the Volksoper Wien since 2013; guest appearances at the Teatro di San Carlo Naples and the Savonlinna and Bregenz festivals.
9–19 Jan · Helsinki (2nd concert) – Oslo. Vienna-born baritone, member of the Volksoper Wien since 2011, acclaimed as Papageno, Masetto and Danilo, with performances across Europe and the USA.
Tickets & Tour Plan
Fifteen concerts across Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, from 3 to 19 January 2027. Tickets are sold by each venue's box office — select a date to book.
Ticket links open each venue's official box office in a new tab. Tour produced by PH International Music GmbH in co-operation with Julius Production & Great Entertainment. Programme, soloists and times are subject to change.
Press
A selection of official photographs of the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra. High-resolution press material is available on request from PH International Music GmbH.
Photo credit: Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra. Please credit when published.
Contact
Tickets for every concert are sold through the venues' official box offices — see the Tickets & Tour section above.