Concierto de Año Nuevo de Viena

Vienna New Year's Concert performed by the Philharmonic Ensemble, a group made up of musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic, with waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss family at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.

The Philharmonic Ensemble was founded in 2013 by violinist Shkëlzen Doli with the aim of bringing the sound of its parent orchestra to halls in different countries in a more intimate format. Each of its members is an active member of the Vienna Philharmonic and also takes part in the New Year's Concert of the Musikverein.

The programme covers waltzes, polkas and marches by the Strauss family and other composers, including the overture to the operetta El murciélago, by Johann Strauss II, and the polka-mazurka Amor ardiente, by Josef Strauss. The distinctive feature of the proposal is the Wiener Klangstil, a way of playing handed down through generations in the Vienna Philharmonic that combines rhythmic flexibility, subtle rubato and natural elegance.

The Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, on calle Príncipe de Vergara, is a hall devoted mainly to classical music and home to the Orquesta Nacional de España and the Coro Nacional de España.