Johann Strauss Ensemble was set up in 1985. The typically Austrian sound plus a drop of humor lie at the foundation of the international success this virtuoso orchestra has garnered, an orchestra warmly applauded by audiences all over the world. Its repertoire includes works by the Strauss family, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and others.
The first soloist and conductor of this concert is the charismatic first conductor of the Vienna Schonbrunn Palace orchestra, Russell McGregor.
McGregor plays a violin manufactured by Carlo Giuseppe Testore in 1697, the "younger sister" of the famous viola belonging to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
