Who is the director of the Vienna New Year’s Concert 2024? More than 50 million viewers will enjoy the recital

Christian Thielemann, a talented musician and performer of the best romantic directors from his native Germany, was assigned for the second time the task of conducting the famous Viennese New Year’s Concert 2024, which will take place on January 1 in the Hall Golden of the Muziekverein.

A total of 1,700 people worldwide and more than 50 million viewers are eagerly awaiting to hear the 16 classic songs that will be played throughout the evening, including the French polka ‘Figaro’ by Johann Strauss and the gallop ‘Happy New Year!’ from Lumbye, as published by Codalario.

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Who is the director of the Vienna New Year’s Concert 2024?

“We have had a deep artistic collaboration with Christian Thielemann for many years, especially in the symphonic sector, and he is one of the philharmonic conductors closest to the orchestra.

For this reason, we invite you to the stage of the New Year’s Eve concert for another year on January 1, 2024,” the President of the Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Froschauer, announced the role that Thielemann will play in one of the most famous concerts in the world.

According to Austria Vacations, the 62-year-old Berliner began his career in classical music at the age of 19, when he became master concertmaster of the German Opera in Berlin, between 2004 and 2011 he conducted the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and in September 2023 he was appointed successor to Daniel Barenboim as general music director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden for the period 2024 to 2025.

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With such a CV, it is not surprising that Christian Thielemann was appointed director of the Vienna New Year’s Eve Concert in 2019 and transferred to this position for the new period.