Experience the Imperial Gala Concert in the unique Palais Auersperg. Austrian music history comes to life in this historic location, where Mozart, Strauss and Beethoven once performed.
In the heart of Vienna stands the Palais Auersperg – one of the city’s most magnificent Baroque jewels and a venue for European cultural history for centuries. The magnificent halls, where the Waltz King Johann Strauss (son) once elevated the Viennese waltz to an art form, still exude a unique elegance today.
Built between 1706 and 1710 by star architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, it combines two major schools of Viennese Baroque architecture. Later, Johann Christian Neupauer gave it its representative form – imposing, elegant and with a timeless beauty that continues to impress to this day.
From the outset, the palace was not only an architectural masterpiece, but also a stage for great music, such as the Viennese waltz mentioned above. Its magnificent halls resounded with works that today define the canon of classical music:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducted the Viennese premiere of his opera Idomeneo here in 1786.
Johann Strauss (son) filled the ballrooms with the lively sounds of his waltzes. He thus became the Waltz King and had a decisive influence on Viennese dance culture.
Joseph Haydn performed his work The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross in the palace.
Ludwig van Beethoven found a forum for his revolutionary music in the aristocratic circles of the house.
Antonio Vivaldi, whose final years were closely linked to Vienna, is now an integral part of the palace’s concert repertoire.
Christoph Willibald Gluck served as musical director at the court of Prince Saxe-Hildburghausen, who used the palace as his winter residence.
An evening at the Palais Auersperg is much more than just a concert – it is a journey into the world of the Habsburgs, where music, architecture and the art of living form a perfect unity.
