Experts/Jury

Helmut Zehetner, born in Lower Austria, was top prize winner of the regional violin competition of Music Schools in Lower Austria. ...

Professor

Neil Varon’s conducting career spans 40 years and several continents. Born in New York in 1950, Varon studied piano, ...

Conductor
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World Orchestra Festival

  • About the Festival 2024

    The 9th World Orchestra Festival will be held in Vienna, Austria from July 22nd-25th, 2021. Under the motto ...

  • Activities

    22nd July Opening Ceremony in front of the City Hall of Vienna In the afternoon, the Opening Ceremony is planned to take place in front of the famous City Hall...

  • Rules and Regulations

    The World Orchestra Festival should provide a platform for youth and children orchestras to perform, communicate and to create better intercultural understanding....

  • Celebration and Competition

    On their free will, participating orchestras can choose and join in one of the following two kinds of the main categories...

  • Trophies and Certificates

    Each participating orchestra member will be awarded a participation diploma.. Excellent orchestra conductors will be awarded special certificates. Excellent orchestra organizers will be awarded special certificates....

  • Travelling and Lodging

    A series of hotels of 3 or 4 stars level, as well as youth hostels and students apartments provide good service quality and attractive price....

Travel

A series of hotels of 3 or 4 stars level, as well as youth hostels and students apartments provide good service quality and attractive price.

Greetings

  • Dr. Heinz Fischer

    Former President of the Republic of Austria

    Our world is getting increasingly smaller, owing to modern traffic means and communication technologies. We are, as it were, living in global village with different cultures, traditions, and ways of life. Yet, we do have one common language: music

  • Dr. Michael Ludwig

    Mayor and Governor of Vienna

    Dear friends of orchestral music, it is a very great pleasure that the annual “One Future - World Orchestra Festival” will be held in Vienna in 2019 for the seventh time. As Austria has a long tradition of music and organizing cultural events

  • Prof. Daniel Froschauer

    Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dear Young Musicians, it is a pleasure to welcome you to Vienna, the City of Music, where so many famous conductors and composers have lived and imbibed their musical inspiration. For more than 176 years, the Vienna Philharmonic has offered outstanding

  • Prof. Dr. Clemens Hellsberg

    Former President of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

    It is very important that the young generation has interests in music and does more musical activities, regardless whether they will take the music as their profession or just as a hobby for the life. In this way, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchest

  • Prof. Helmut Zehetner

    The President of the Artistic Committee

    One Future-The World Orchestra Festival Dear young musicians! It is a great pleasure for me to see all of you - from different countries of the world - to come to Vienna in Summer and participate in the One Future - The World Orchestra
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News

Join Us at the 10th World Orchestra Festival in Beautiful Vienna Venues

Over the years, the WOF has hosted tens of thousands of musicians from over 40 countries (including Armenia, Australia, Belgium, China, Colombia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Netherlands, ...

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Partners / Support

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