White Nights and historic firsts: Gražinytė-Tyla and the Vienna Phil

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Vienna Philharmonic

Yuja Wang

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Yuja Wang and the Vienna Philharmonic

By Chanda VanderHart, 07 May 2025

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“Gražinytė-Tyla unleashed the Philharmoniker and they responded with vitality”

Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 6 May 2025

Šerkšnytė, Midsummer Song

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23

Sibelius, Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island, Op.22 no.1

Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22 no.2

Sibelius, Lemminkäinen's Return, Op.22 no.4

Yuja Wang, Piano

Vienna Philharmonic

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Conductor

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

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Shared language and living history: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Phil

Chanda VanderHart, 19th March

Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and the Vienna Philharmonic meet in repertoire they know intimately, illuminating it through mutual understanding.

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Vienna Philharmonic closes Carnegie residency

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st March

Andris Nelsons pairs Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra with Sibelius’ Second Symphony to conclude the Vienna Philharmonic's latest Carnegie Hall residency.

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Contemplation and exuberance: Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 28th February

Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in the New York premiere of a solemn, modernist work paired with two high-spirited symphonies from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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A vanished Old World with the Vienna Philharmonic in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 20th January

A Vienna Philharmonic evening conjures a vanished world: Strauss’ muscular drama and intimate humour, Haydn’s inward gravity and a graceful waltz to close.

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The Vienna Philharmonic explores Central Europe with Jakub Hrůša

Chanda VanderHart, 11th December

At the Konzerthaus, the Vienna Philharmonic travels across the Austrian borders with Jakub Hrůša into the varied sound worlds of Hungary, Bohemia and Moravia.

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

White Nights and historic firsts: Gražinytė-Tyla shines with the Vienna Philharmonic