This year, the Austrian capital is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Strauss Jr., who ended up ...

Vienna, a timeless European capital city, blends royal grandeur with modern vibrancy. From the opulent Hofburg palace halls ...

Made possible by patrons of the arts Elizabeth Segerstrom and Maria Manetti Shrem, two concerts plus some enrichment programs ...

and directed Vienna's famous court balls for his last three years. Strauss's genius lay in the way he took the waltz form his father and Josef Lanner had developed, and gave it a symphonic coherence ...

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