Johann Strauss II now combined both orchestras and for the rest of his life enjoyed a career of fabulous success, composing and conducting all over Europe. Eventually he ran six orchestras running ...

Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) is known as the 'Waltz King'. He was the greatest of all Viennese dance music composers. Life and Music The young Strauss had started composing and directing his own ...

He started his own orchestra in 1844, which came to rival his father's. Following Strauss I's death, Strauss II merged the two orchestras. Did you know? Johann Strauss I forbade his children to become ...

Vienna celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Johann Strauss II, an emblematic figure and composer of classical music. His most famous work, "The Blue Danube" ("An der schönen, blauen Donau" in ...

2025 marks the Bicentenary of the birth of the great Johann ... spellbinding music are two concerts next month by the astonishing Vienna Schoenbrunn Palace Orchestra – Strauss Virtuosi.