Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn () is an annual free entry outdoor concert in Vienna held by the Vienna Philharmonic. The venue for the concert is the Schönbrunn Palace."Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2014." Vienna Philharmonic. Retrieved on July 6, 2014. It has telecast on PBS in the United States as part of the series Great Performances."Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2013" (Archive). PBS. Retrieved on July 6, 2014.
History The concert began operations in 2004."The Summer Night Classical Concert" (Archive). RTÉ. 24 June 2012. Retrieved on 6 July 2014. Rolex began sponsoring it in 2009. As of around that year the concert has crowds of over 100,000."Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert" (Archive). Rolex. Retrieved on July 6, 2014.
The concert has performed works by Alexander Borodin, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Franz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Niccolò Paganini, Amilcare Ponchielli, Jean Sibelius, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wagner."Summer-night Concert from Vienna Episode Guide" (Archive). BBC. Retrieved on July 6, 2014. The concert invariably ends with Wiener Blut, by Johann Strauss II.
Conductors The concert has been conducted by:
2026: Lorenzo Viotti 2025: Tugan Sokhiev 2024: Andris Nelsons 2023: Yannick Nézet-Séguin 2022: Andris Nelsons 2021: Daniel Harding 2020: Valery Gergiev 2019: Gustavo Dudamel 2018: Valery Gergiev 2017: Christoph Eschenbach 2016: Semyon Bychkov 2015: Zubin Mehta 2014: Christoph Eschenbach 2013: Lorin Maazel 2012: Gustavo Dudamel 2011: Valery Gergiev 2010: Franz Welser-Möst 2009: Daniel Barenboim 2008: Georges Prêtre 2007: Valery Gergiev 2006: Plácido Domingo 2005: Zubin Mehta 2004: Bobby McFerrin
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External links
Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn (website of 2004–2007) "Musikgenuss vom Feinsten: "Sommernachtskonzert" 2014 am 29. Mai live in ORF 2 und 3sat" (Archive). ORF.