For the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss, the New Year’s Concert 2025 at the Vienna Musikverein will present eight of his pieces, in addition to the traditional “Blue Danube Waltz”. Constanze Geiger ...

Though Johann Jr. wasn’t the only waltz-writing Strauss (see Johann I, Josef and no-relation-Richard if you still haven’t gotten your Strauss fix from this), there’s a reason that Johann Strauss II is ...

To expand our playlist, we don’t really need to look further than Johann Strauss II, whose nickname was “The Waltz King.” This prolific composer wrote over 500 of the things, if you can believe it, ...

Johann Strauss II’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube Waltz” was sent into space as an electromagnetic wave at the speed of light from the ESA Deep Space Antenna DSA 2, which is located in Cebreros, Spain.

His waltzes were a hit from Russia to the US — and female fans swooned over him. And yet, there was also a darker side to Johann Strauss, who is being celebrated in a series of performances in Vienna.

The Waltz King, born in Vienna, led a vibrant life in three-quarter time: from the initial rivalry with his father, the composition of the first hit in music history, to his status as a pop star and ...

The Strauss family led Europeans a merry waltz in a repressive age. But what was the secret that kept Johann II, the greatest Strauss, from dancing himself? If any composer could be said to have ...

Johann Strauss II wrote more than 400 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other dance tunes, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King". Some of Johann ...

World-renowned classical superstar André Rieu is celebrating a momentous anniversary in 2025: the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II. To honour this landmark occasion, Rieu and his Johann Strauss ...