We are pleased to invite you to the annual press conference for the first time in the rehearsal room of the Salzburg Philharmonic!

We are delighted that our young talents will not only be provided with delicious and sustainable products during this year's orchestra week, but that the "Fattoria La Vialla" will also be making an important contribution to the continued existence of the Children's and Youth Philharmonic Orchestra with a check for 5.000 euros.

The Children's and Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Elisabeth Fuchs, gave its big summer concert in the Salzburg Arena on Friday evening in front of over 600 visitors. The youth orchestra for 7- to 18-year-olds showed once again that the fun of making music together can bring top musical performances. A special highlight was the joint performance with the Salzburg Philharmonic Choir. The continuation of this music education project is not guaranteed from 2026 onwards.

350 workshops and 24 orchestral concerts for 3- to 12-year-olds will be held from today until July 3rd on the basis of Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". Marlene Engelhorn's "Good Advice for Redistribution" supports the Children's Festival and the Salzburg Philharmonic. With the financial donation, the council would like to express its appreciation for the initiatives and commitment of the two associations.

The completely sold-out premiere of “A Symphonic Tribute to Queen” took place last night in the Großer Festspielhaus Salzburg. A total of over 10.000 tickets were sold for the crossover program by Elisabeth Fuchs and the Salzburg Philharmonic. The Austrian “Queen of Pop” Monika Ballwein and musical star Philipp Büttner shone as vocal soloists, while the large Philharmonic choir supported with 200 selected voices.

Together with the Salzburg Philharmonic and Elisabeth Fuchs, 16-year-old solo pianist Elias Keller performed Tchaikovsky's world-famous Piano Concerto No. 1 last weekend, causing much cheering in the concert hall.

In honor of the great Austrian composer, the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra played Bruckner's 7th Symphony under chief conductor Elisabeth Fuchs and, in cooperation with the Mozart Music High School and the Salzburg Music High School, Bruckner's impressive vocal work “Te Deum”.

Last weekend, the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Elisabeth Fuchs took the concert audience in the Great University Hall on a journey into oriental music worlds. The sensitive playing of violin soloist Cosima Soulez Larivière enchanted the audience, as did the impressive reading by actor Frederic Böhle, which provided a literary framework for the concert evening.

After a brilliant anniversary season (the Salzburg Philharmonic celebrated its 2023th anniversary in October 25), an exciting new season begins for Elisabeth Fuchs and her orchestra next June and a new era with the planned move to their own rehearsal house in Salzburg-Nonntal. The concert program remains firmly anchored in the classical orchestral concert, but also reflects the willingness and courage to take new paths in order to make classical music accessible to as many people as possible.

The audience of the innovative concert series IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ORCHESTRA cheered over an extraordinary interpretation of Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto in D minor and Beethoven's magnificent 7th Symphony. The new subscription cycle of the Philharmonie Salzburg and Elisabeth Fuchs will take place in a new venue in the city of Salzburg starting next season.