Orchester Wiener Akademie was founded on 1985 by the organist and director Martin Haselböck

Martin Haselböck

Martin Haselböck is the musical director of Musica Angelica in Santa Monica, California, and the musical director and founder of the Orchester Wiener Akademie. He is also a professor at the University of Vienna, where he teaches organ.-External links:...

. This association has been internationally known because of its vast repertoire, integrated by work pieces form the Baroque, until the end of Romanticism.

The Orchestra has been recognized because of its work in the exploration of classic and romantic repertoires, as well as techniques and styles of those times. The Wiener Akademie is reintroduced into the tradition of Viennese Orchestras, which interpreted the works of famous composers with the original style and sound with which they were created. This is achieved by the interpretation of those masterpieces with the original instruments they were supposed to be played.

Performances

The Orchester Wiener Akademie is presented regularly in Vienna and in some of the most prestigious festivals such as the ones in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart is a foundation in Stuttgart, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1981 to foster international concerts and workshops, namely Musikfest Stuttgart, dedicated especially to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in relation to present day composition.-Musikfest...

, Klangbogen, Carinthischer Sommer, Cuenca Festival, Handel Festival Halle and the Festival Internacional Cervantino

Festival Internacional Cervantino

The Festival Internacional Cervantino takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico. This is a small colonial-era city with history of having a large cultural scene. The origins of the festival are from the mid 20th century, when short plays by Miguel de Cervantes...

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The association is the resident-orchestra of the International Festival of Liszt, where their mission is to perform and record the whole repertoire of orchestral music from Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

. Their first release was in January 2011, and it was named “The Sound of Weimar”, which includes the Dante Symphony to honor the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth.

For the Orchestra, the opera is an essential genre. Because of this, it has recently interpreted works by Mozart, Schubert and Haydn, such as Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote....

, Symphony No. 5 (Schubert)

Symphony No. 5 (Schubert)

The Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D.485, written in 1816 by Franz Schubert is a work in four movements:#Allegro in B, in divided cut time.#Andante con moto in E, in 6:8 time.#Menuetto...

, and Symphony No. 6 (Haydn)

Symphony No. 6 (Haydn)

The Symphony No. 6 in D major is an early symphony written by Joseph Haydn and the first written after Haydn had joined the Esterházy court. It is the first of three that are characterised by unusual virtuoso writing across the orchestral ensemble...

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Since 2009, the Orchestra has collaborated with John Malkovich

John Malkovich

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in plays like “The Infernal Comedy”, and more recently “The Giacomo Variations, about Casanova”.

Discography

The Orchester Wiener Akademie has recorded more than 30 discs, which include a variety of pieces like the Schubert masses, the First Symphony of Bruckner, and the three symphonies Times of the day of Haydn. Their last productions are:

- The Giacomo Variations (2011)

- The Infernal Comedy (2010)

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2008)

- Johann Strauss: Dance and Dream