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Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra

We are a highly professional, traditional, and internationally acclaimed Viennese chamber orchestra, which has celebrated many great successes since its founding in 1997.

We specialize in the repertoire of Viennese classical music, in particular the works of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as the great music of the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries. In doing so, we attach great importance to the Viennese style of sound and can interpret the above-mentioned composers not only in a subtly individual way but also traditionally. "Viennese” is in our blood.

OUR MUSICIANS

Soloists of the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra

Johann Strauss Virtuosi

The “Johann Strauss Virtuosi” have dedicated themselves entirely to the music of the great master, Johann Strauss and his contemporaries.

The ensemble, which is made up of top-class musicians, soloists of the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra, enchants with high-quality musicality and hearty, humorous elements and allows you to take part in a unique musical performance.

THE ENSEMBLE

Embark on a musical journey with us! Join our live concerts around the world.

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Classical concerts for over 25 years

Schönbrunn Palace Concerts

Just as Johann Strauss and his brothers Josef and Eduard with Strauss Capelle performed in three places at the same time, we also maintain this tradition, and thanks to our good relations with the Viennese music scene, we are able to perform in the best quality in three locations at the same time.

Our concerts take place in the Schönbrunn Orangery, in the Great Gallery and in the White-and-Gold-Room.

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Portugal 2025

Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra on successful Tour in Portugal
Under the baton of conductor Vinicius Kattah, the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra recently completed a highly successful concert tour through Portugal, held from April 29 to May 5, 2025.
The orchestra delighted audiences in seven cities—Lisbon, Palmela, Sintra, Braga, Porto, Coimbra, and Aveiro—as part of the grand Strauss 200th Anniversary World Tour.
The performances featured acclaimed soloists Simona Eisinger – soprano and Michael Havlicek – baritone, who brought the timeless music of Strauss to life with passion and elegance.
Each evening was met with enthusiastic applause and heartfelt appreciation from the warm and welcoming Portuguese audiences.
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13 JANUARY 2024

9.000th Anniversary Concert

OCTOBER 2023

March 2023

JUNE 2022

SEPTEMBER 2022

OCTOBER 2021

APRIL 2019

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Guido Mancusi

CHIEF CONDUCTOR

The Austrian-Italian conductor Guido Mancusi was born in Naples in 1966. Raised in a musical household, he received his first piano instruction from Nino Rota. After the death of his father, the family moved to Vienna. Mancusi became a soprano soloist in the Vienna Boys’ Choir and attended the Vienna Musikgymnasium.
After graduation, Mancusi studied bassoon and voice at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna, as well as composition and conducting at the Vienna Music University. He completed his studies with honors.
His first engagements as music director and choir director were at the City Theater Coburg (FRG), the Theater an der Wien, the Raimund Theater and the City Theater St. Pölten.
To perfect his training as a conductor, he became assistant to Riccardo Muti at La Scala in Milan, assistant in Bayreuth, and assistant to Adam Fischer.
As a conductor, he was a guest in Graz and Kiel. It was in Klagenfurt with Madame Butterfly that Mancusi finally attracted the attention of director Dietmar Pflegerl who made the young conductor the principal conductor, a position Mancusi then held for five years. There he expanded his repertoire and gained important leadership experience. His successes in Klagenfurt also allowed Mancusi to gain greater international attention.
In 1998, Mancusi took over the position of Principal Conductor of the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra and in this role, founded the Chamber Opera Schönbrunn.
With increasing prominence, he was invited on major tours in the following years and so Mancusi conducted in Moscow, Tel Aviv, Helsinki, Stockholm, Rome, Toronto, in the USA, in South America, and finally in Japan and South Korea.
In his home country, he conducted at the KlangBogen Wien and the Wiener Festwochen. Eventually he became permanent guest conductor at the Volksoper Vienna, where he has been an integral and important part of the theater since 2014.
In 2017, Mancusi received the appointment as Principal Guest Conductor of the BDZ Orchestra in Budapest and in 2018 as Music Director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.
From the earliest days of his musical life, Mancusi also composed. Today his compositions include masses, passions, cantatas, orchestral works, film scores, two operettas, a ballet, and an opera. Premieres and CD recordings as well as commissions prove Mancusi’s place in the cosmos of contemporary composers.
Mancusi has always considered himself a theater person, as a creator and enabler of fantastic worlds. He understands the division of the words music theater as a unity. As a composer he creates dramatic works, as a conductor he is their lawyer. An interwoven life that cannot be put in a box. This is the life he wants, and he can have it too. Composers and conductors want to give something to people – this is an ideal and Mancusi has been following this ideal for over 30 years.
Guido Mancusi @ Festival "Septembre musical“ ©Celine Michel

Simona Eisinger

SOPRANO

The Austrian soprano obtained her master’s degree in voice at “Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität” (MUK) in Vienna.
Since her debut she has given guest performances at opera houses, such as Volksoper Wien, Theater an der Wien, Neue Oper Wien, Landestheater Linz, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich and Theater Luzern.
Her repertoire comprises roles such as Pamina and 1.Dame (Mozart: Zauberflöte), Donna Anna (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Lauretta (Puccini: Gianni Schicchi), Gretel (Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel), Ninetta (Rossini: Diebische Elster), Sylva Varescu (Kalman: Csardasfürstin) and Hansi (Stolz: Frühjahrsparade).
She is also a devoted concert and oratorio soloist. She has performed concerts and recitals in major concert halls, such as the Golden Hall in Musikverein in Vienna, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Philharmonie Gasteig in Munich, Konserthuset in Stockholm, DR Koncerthuset in Kopenhagen, Musiikkitalo in Helsinki, Santory Hall and Opera City Hall in Tokyo.
Since 2018 she has had an exclusive collaboration with the Austrian composer Guntolf Palten (1927*) and has recorded his complete Lied compositions for the label Preiser Records for the very 1st time worldwide (6 CDs).

Sebastian Huppmann

BARITONE

Sebastian Huppmann was born in Vienna. His first stage experience was as a boy soprano soloist with the Mozart Boys’ Choir.
He later studied singing at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
His passionate acting coupled with his love for music has made him an internationally renowned baritone.
His repertoire includes many roles such as Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, Figaro, Papageno, Danilo and Falke, as well as many roles of contemporary music.
Recent engagements include the Vienna State Opera, National Opera Odessa, Vienna Chamber Opera, Koninklijke Schouwburg Den Haag, Luxor Theater Rotterdam, Concert Hall Moscow, Taipei National Theatre, Stockholm Concert Hall, Meragon Mousikis Athens, the Carinthian Summer Festival, the Biennale Zagreb, Kawasaki Hall Tokyo and many more.