Newsletter December
The New Year's Eve celebrations in Vienna, which will take place for the 18th time this year, attract more than 600,000 visitors every year, including many visitors.
Haus der Musik plays a central role in the New Year's Eve Trail and is also one of the most popular locations: waltz, samba, salsa and more attractive dances - join in!
Looking back on 2007, the concert series arranged in cooperation with exil.arte should be emphasised especially, which featured music from Austrian composers forced to emigrate during the Nazi regime. These concerts were very successful in terms of raising awareness.
Marko Simsa yet again proved to be a children's favourite with a number of concerts for the younger audience from Mozart for Children to Filipp Frog.
The new MemberCard was especially well received. It offers a number of benefits and includes free admission to all "Live on Stage" concerts.
In the coming year, our activities aim to again encourage visitors to encounter music, to immerse themselves into the world of music and sound and to examine contemporary trends. We will also continue with the vital educational task of introducing children to the joys of music in a playful manner.
The Haus der Musik - Team wishes you a Happy New Year and hopes you enjoy beautiful experiences at the Viennese Sound Museum.
Your Haus der Musik Team
 | The Haus der Musik brings light into the dark Ching-jung LU & Günter Seifert with Mozart, Schuhmann, Strauß and Kreisler "Light into the Dark" is THE Austrian charity and benefit initiative. Year after year Austrians donate millions to help children and families who have got into difficulties through no fault of their own. |
 | Denk to perform at "Live on Stage" Birgit Denk and her band to perform in the Music Nights 07 series The "Live on Stage concerts" have become a real audience favourite at the Haus der Musik and MemberCard holders can enjoy them free of charge. On 13 December the "power house" Birgit Denk is to appear at the Haus der Musik with her band. |
 | A solo for Vitomir Vitomir Ivanjek plays classical and popular music The Croatian pianist Vitomir Ivanjek (born on 22.7.1969 in Zagreb) is famous for combining classical and popular music. He will appear on 15 December at 19.30, playing a mixture of Croatian folk and popular songs and classical music at the Haus der Musik. |
 | Singing Christmas Marko Simsa and the Safer Six A Capella with Christmas songs Unplugged and off-the-cuff, Marko Simsa presents his own arrangements of children's and Christmas songs on 22 and 24 December. |
 | An atmospheric start to the new year Silvesterpfad at the Haus der Musik A varied and atmospheric programme of dance and music organised by the Chris Dance School will take place in the glass-covered courtyard as part of Silvesterpfad. You can join in or just watch! The Haus der Musik is one of the highlights of Silvesterpfad. |
 | The MemberCard - or Dinner and Sound Museum Christmas presents for music fans The Haus der Musik MemberCard has been extremely well received. |
 | From Johann Strauß for children to Narish Live on Stage Highlights at the Haus der Musik in January 2008 Just a few days into the New Year you can see highlights of probably the most famous concert in the world at the Vienna Philharmonic Museum. But there are also a few other great events. |
 | From Korngold to Schönberg and Zeisl Exil.arte and its collaboration with the Haus der Musik One of the main objectives of the Haus der Musik is to present the cultural history of Austrian music. In 2007 the museum entered into a groundbreaking collaboration with exil.arte that was hailed throughout the world as a model initiative. The formal reason for the collaboration was to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Korngold. |