Wiener Konzerthaus
Secessionist concert house of 1913 with four halls and a programme spanning classical, jazz and new music.
The Wiener Konzerthaus was opened on 19 October 1913 in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I, after a long campaign for a second large concert venue in the city. Ludwig Baumann worked with the theatre-building partnership of Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer on a design that combines late historicist massing with Secessionist detail. The building originally shared its site with an ice rink and a cycling track, and until 1976 it also housed the Akademietheater within its walls.
It contains four main halls: the Great Hall seating about 1,840, the Mozart Hall, the Schubert Hall and the Berio Hall added in 2001. The house is run by the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft and puts on roughly 750 events a year, ranging from symphonic and chamber concerts to jazz, world music, early music and contemporary premieres. The Vienna Symphony is its main resident orchestra, and the building was thoroughly renovated between 1998 and 2001.
Highlights
- Opened in October 1913 by Emperor Franz Joseph I
- Four halls, from the 1,840-seat Great Hall to the Berio Hall
- Around 750 events a year across classical, jazz and new music
- Principal venue of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
