Johann Strauss Ensemble to tour Romania

Newsroom 27/08/2010 | 13:10

Chamber music lovers have reason to rejoice, as the marathon of this music genre continues in winter. Austrian orchestra the Johann Strauss Ensemble will hold a Best of Vienna tour in Romania, between December 8 and 20, with Christmas as the main theme of the concerts.

The tour will start in Bucharest at Sala Palatului on December 8, marking the orchestra’s sixth concert here, and will continue in Arad, (December 10), Timisoara (December 11), Oradea (December 12), Cluj (December 13), Sibiu (December 14), Targu Mures (December 16), Iasi (December 19) and Brasov (December 20), Mediafax reports.

The Johann Strauss Ensemble was formed in 1985. Its repertoire includes compositions by the Strauss family, as well as by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert, among others. The first soloist and conductor of the ensemble is Russel McGregor, conductor of the Schonnbrun Palace Orchestra in Vienna.

“I always return to Romania with pleasure. You have a wonderful country. I love the Romanian spirit and wherever I go in the world, I speak dearly of the tour that we hold year after year in your country,” said McGregor.

Tickets are available in Bucharest from Sala Palatului, the Diverta chain, Muzica store, Eminescu library and online on www.biletoo.ro, www.myticket.ro, www.bilete.ro, www.blt.ro si www.ticketpoint.ro, with prices ranging between RON 50 and 250.