Extraordinary!
Extraordinary!
![Bühne beim Prater-Picknick 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/sc_335_224/public/2024-02/Prater-Picknick%202023%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely-6.jpg?itok=DFMEDRKy)
A concert hall can be anywhere: in a pub, in a cage or on the Kaiserwiese in front of the Giant Ferris Wheel! No orchestra is as deeply rooted in Vienna as the Wiener Symphoniker - as demonstrated by its unusual concert formats and venues.
Prater Picnic
Just in time for the end of school, the Wiener Symphoniker invite you to a summer open-air concert for the whole family in the Vienna Prater.
![Bühne beim Prater-Picknick 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2022_wsy_prater-picknick-c-akos_burg_9.jpg?itok=m8rCN6eq)
![Publikum beim Prater-Picknick 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2022_wsy_prater-picknick-c-akos_burg_4.jpg?itok=acXImRau)
![Drei Verkäufer:innen vor dem Riesenrad beim Prater-Picknick 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2022_06_30_symphoniker_wien_generalprobe_vorbereitungen_byakosburg-_e1a8309-017.jpg?itok=pfUeJNML)
![Bühne und Publikum beim Prater-Picknick 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/Prater-Picknick%202023%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely-7.jpg?itok=bkwUbkai)
![Riesenrad, Publikum und Bühne beim Prater-Picknick](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/praterpicknick_auswahl_10x15-6%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely.jpg?itok=nhKF7HJ_)
![Picknick-Korb am Prater-Picknick 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/Symphoniker_Prater_Picknick_2022-1032%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely.jpg?itok=Fdy9WikH)
![Voodoo Jürgens beim Prater-Picknick 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/Prater-Picknick%202023%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely-9.jpg?itok=xRXxOplC)
![Dirigent und Solist:innen beim Prater-Picknick 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/Prater-Picknick%202023%20%28c%29%20Julia%20Wesely-12.jpg?itok=utJX1YOx)
Beisl Concerts
At the Beisl concerts, various ensembles of the Wiener Symphoniker perform on one evening in many pubs in a street or neighbourhood and present themselves in a cosy atmosphere - without tailcoats, but with lots of music!
![Musiker im Schikaneder](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2023_05_16_WSY_Beisl-Konzerte_%28c%29%20AkosBurg-121.jpg?itok=hT-KHZ1J)
![Cellistin bei den Beislkonzerten 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2023_05_16_WSY_Beisl_Konzerte_byAkosBurg-37%201280x1920.jpg?itok=nwBTBnpp)
![Streicherinnen im Lokal bei den Beislkonzerten 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2023_05_16_WSY_Beisl_Konzerte_byAkosBurg-74%201920x1280.jpg?itok=g-ktfOAB)
![Beislkonzerte-Luftballon](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2023_05_16_WSY_Beisl_Konzerte_byAkosBurg-65%201280x1920.jpg?itok=JijuTLzP)
![Fagottist in einer Galerie](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/2023_05_16_WSY_Beisl_Konzerte_byAkosBurg-92%201920x1920.jpg?itok=1KRshkLZ)
![Schrammel-Ensemble in der Vollpension](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-02/Beisl-Konzerte%202023%20%28c%29%20Igor_Ripak_DSC_0701.jpg?itok=pmj_mg5C)
Fridays@7
The perfect way to get in the mood for the weekend starts at seven on Fridays. The concert in the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus is followed by a relaxed musical finale in the Grand Foyer - the evening's artists playing chamber music or improvising jazz.
![Drei Musiker auf der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer vor Publikum](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/fridays7_c_lukas_beck2016.jpg?itok=gQah4L5_)
![Zwei Musiker auf der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer vor Publikum](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20220610_fridaysat7_flipband_c_julia_wesely_3%205zu4.jpg?itok=qf24FOD8)
![Publikum vor der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20220610_Fridaysat7_FlipBand_Julia_Wesely%20%289%29%2016zu9.jpg?itok=3xi6ZS-O)
![Pianist auf der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer vor Publikum](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20220610_Fridaysat7_FlipBand_Julia_Wesely%20%281%29%201280x1920.jpg?itok=JCwHAR9m)
![Band auf der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer vor Publikum](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20220610_Fridaysat7_FlipBand_Julia_Wesely%20%2823%29%204zu5.jpg?itok=YkisQELB)
![Publikum vor der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20230203_Rouvali_Frang_Fridays%407_c_Niesel-Reghenzani-25%2016zu9.jpg?itok=QAClk3Da)
![Band auf der Bühne im Konzerthausfoyer vor Publikum](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/20220610_Fridaysat7_FlipBand_Julia_Wesely%20%2834%29%205zu4.jpg?itok=ozKaeDSk)
Grätzl-Concerts
For their Grätzl concerts, the Wiener Symphoniker leave their traditional venues in the city centre and come to their audiences at new and unusual concert venues on the outskirts of Vienna.
![Musiker:innen vor zwei alten Wiener Straßenbahnen](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzl-konzert_remise_c_alexandra_gritsevskaja%20wiener_linien%20134A4930.jpg?itok=4Br_r5Nm)
![Horn hängt an einer Straßenbahn](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzl-konzert_remise_c_alexandra_gritsevskajawiener_linien_134A4886.jpg?itok=f3p8UrTs)
![Orchester von hinten auf Open Air-Bühne im MuseumsQuartier](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzl_konzert_mq5_matthias_heschl.jpg?itok=lP3aN6Pd)
![Wiener Symphoniker und Publikum im Reaktor](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzelkonzert%20reaktor_bearbeitet.jpg?itok=zBT3uxbC)
![Johann Strauß Ensemble in der Remise](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzl-konzert_remise_c_alexandra_gritsevskajawiener_linien_33.jpg?itok=LwMGazLw)
![Publikum und Open-Air-Bühne von oben im MuseumsQuartier](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzl_konzert_mq3_matthias_heschl.jpg?itok=jLq2ePBF)
![Wiener Symphoniker und Publikum im Reaktor](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzlkonzert%20reaktor%20dsc06104.jpg?itok=8pjtPzsZ)
![Zwei Musiker als DJs beim Tanzen](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/WSW%2022_23_Bezirk-Fotograf_Richard_L%C3%BCrzer-060-0B4A7991%201920x1280.jpg?itok=RD_f4Nit)
![Publikum vor einer Open-Air](/sites/default/files/styles/s_560_auto/public/2024-03/graetzlkonzert_gemeindebau_2019.jpg?itok=e5TCmrGR)
IM KLANG
For the concerts in the "Im Klang" series, the Wiener Symphoniker leave their place on the podium and form up in the empty parterre of the Great hall. The audience is invited to mingle with the musicians in order to sit in the middle of the orchestra, in the middle of "the sound".
![Publikum und Orchester sitzt gemischt im Großen Konzerthaussaal](/sites/default/files/styles/sc_335_224/public/2024-03/im_klang_2018_c_stefan_kleinberger.jpg?itok=7o1jgOHH)
Käfig concerts
At the Käfig concerts, the Wiener Symphoniker, in cooperation with the cultural association ARGE Henriette, transforms Vienna's football and play cages into a creative stage for the entire neighbourhood community. More at www.kaefigkonzerte.at
![Streichquartett gibt ein Konzert im Spielkäfig](/sites/default/files/styles/sc_335_224/public/2024-03/kaefigkonzerte_schumeierplatz_c_christopher_mavric_5.jpg?itok=B0Pez0m3)