There is perhaps no other musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic. In the course of its 175 year history, the musicians of this most prominent orchestra of the capital city of music have been an integral part of a musical epoch which due to an abundance of uniquely gifted composers and interpreters must certainly be regarded as unique. 

 

 

The orchestra's close association with this rich musical history is best illustrated by the statements of countless pre-eminent musical personalities of the past. Richard Wagner described the orchestra as being one of the most outstanding in the world; Anton Bruckner called it "the most superior musical association"; Johannes Brahms counted himself as a "friend and admirer"; Gustav Mahler claimed to be joined together through "the bonds of musical art"; and Richard Strauss summarized these sentiments by saying: "All praise of the Vienna Philharmonic reveals itself as an understatement."

 

 

Conductor: Nicola Giuliani (Italy)

Nicola Giuliani is an acclaimed conductor. He conducted, and continues to work with several orchestras in Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Denmark, Rumania, Bulgaria, Poland, ex-USSR, Czech Republic, Slovak, USA, China, Mexico and Venezuela and made important appearances at venues, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Herkules-Saal in Munich, the Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle, the Hamburg Musikhalle, the Moscow Dom Music, the NCPA in Beijing, the Sala Verdi at the Milan Conservatorio of Music.