Gerd Hermann Ortler wrote a variation on Johann Strauss's An der schönen blauen Donau for the BePhilharmonic TV Trailer. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is starting 'BePhilharmonic' with the Strauss Music Contest, where children and young people from 6 to 19 years of age are invited to re-interpret classical music pieces - completely free, fresh and up to date.
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Gerd Hermann Ortler's overture for the Jazz Fest Wien "Sinatra-Tribute" will be performed by the "Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien" (cond. by Herbert Pichler) on the 6th of July at the Vienna State Opera. The artists of the evening are Thomas Quasthoff, Angelika Kirchschlager, Allan Harris and Louie Austen. The Show is sold out!
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Short video from the rehearsal