Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

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Wherever it performs, the Mozarteumorchester delights audiences and concert critics with its lively and refreshing performances. The orchestra of the province and city of Salzburg, whose roots go back to the “Dommusikverein und Mozarteum”, which was founded in 1841 with the support of Mozart’s widow Constanze and his sons, now has around 90 musicians and has developed into a top Austrian orchestra with its unmistakable sound culture. With its interpretations of Viennese classical music, above all the works of Mozart, it has enjoyed extraordinary success worldwide. In 2016, it was the first orchestra after the Vienna Philharmonic to be awarded the Golden Mozart Medal for this achievement.

Renowned chief conductors such as Leopold Hager, Hans Graf, Hubert Soudant, Ivor Bolton and Riccardo Minasi have played a decisive role in shaping the Mozarteumorchester in recent decades. Constantinos Carydis, Andrew Manze, Reinhard Goebel, Jörg Widmann and Honorary Conductor Ivor Bolton have particularly close ties to the renowned orchestra as permanent guest conductors. Beginning with the 2024/25 season, Roberto González-Monjas is the new Principal Conductor of the Mozarteumorchester. For this season’s Thursday concerts, he will focus on Mozart’s violin concertos, as soloist and conductor.

The orchestra enriches Salzburg’s cultural landscape with its own concert series in the Mozarteum Foundation, the Grosses Festspielhaus and, since 2020, in its own orchestra house.

The Mozarteumorchester has played an important role at the Salzburg Festival every year for more than 90 years, particularly with its Mozart Matinees. It also performs concerts as part of the Salzburg Mozart Week and as a partner of the Salzburg Cultural Association. The Mozarteumorchester can be seen all year round in musical theater performances at the Salzburg State Theater. In addition, there are regular guest performances in Europe and Asia. The orchestra’s diverse creative spectrum, spanning almost all musical eras, is documented in an impressive discography that has won several awards.

The long-standing cooperation with Leica as main sponsor will fortunately be continued in the 2024/25 season.