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Walzerträume – 200 Jahre Josef Strauß

Lively gala for the turn of the year
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12/31

Thursday | 12/31/2026
3:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
95 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted Prices:
from 17.50 € for students under 18 years old
from 17.50 € for young people under 30 years old
from 17.50 € for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled with a degree of disability of 80 or more
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12/31

Thursday | 12/31/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
95 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted Prices:
from 17.50 € for students under 18 years old
from 17.50 € for young people under 30 years old
from 17.50 € for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled with a degree of disability of 80 or more
Who is eligible for discounts? Read more here.

01/01

Friday | 01/01/2027
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
95 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted Prices:
from 17.50 € for students under 18 years old
from 17.50 € for young people under 30 years old
from 17.50 € for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled with a degree of disability of 80 or more
Who is eligible for discounts? Read more here.

About the Concert

Optimism, lightness, and new beginnings - our concerts for the turn of the year are entirely dedicated to Viennese waltzes and more. And who embodies this better than the Strauss family - starting with father Johann Strauss, through his son Johann, the "Waltz King," and to his younger brother Josef Strauss. The program, dedicated to the occasion of his 200th birthday in 2027, is under the direction of our concertmaster Wolfgang Hentrich. Josef was always somewhat in the shadow of his brother, yet he is considered the more musically refined and profound - even though he originally wanted to become a bridge builder, not a composer. It was only because his brother Johann was too exhausted that he stepped in. A stroke of luck for the music world, as in addition to absolute classics like "The Blue Danube" and the spectacular polka "Thunder and Lightning," there is also the polka "Fireproof," which Josef Strauss wrote on commission from the Wertheim company, whose trademark was fireproof safes...

Programme

Johann Strauss (Son)
"Die Fledermaus" Overture
"Under Thunder and Lightning"
"On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Romance No. 1 for Cello, Harp, and Orchestra in D minor.

Josef Strauss
"Delirium"
"Fireproof"
"Moulinet"
"Without Worries"

Hans Christian Lumbye
"Champagne Galop"

Julius Fučik
"Danube Legends"
"The Old Grumbler" for Bassoon and Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"

Claude Debussy
"Clair de Lune" (Arr. André Caplet)

Artists

Wolfgang Hentrich
Conductor
Daniel Bäz
Bassoon
Konstanze Pietschmann
Cello
NN
Moderation
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Wolfgang Hentrich

1st Concertmaster

Prof. Wolfgang Hentrich studied with Gudrun Schröter and Gustav Schmahl in Dresden. From 1987 to 1996 he was First Concertmaster of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz, before becoming Coordinated Concertmaster of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996. He has played with the orchestra several times as a soloist, and numerous CD recordings attest to his musical output.

He is director of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, primarius of the Dresden String Quintet and the Carus Ensemble Dresden, and has led the German String Philharmonic since 2013. In 2002, together with music-loving amateurs, he founded the Fördervereinsorchester der Dresdner Philharmonie, of which he has been conductor ever since.

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Daniel Bäz

1st Principal Bassoon | Member of the Orchestra Board

Daniel Bäz, born in Dresden in 1982, received his first piano lessons at the age of six and studied bassoon with Mario Hendel from 1995. During this time he was several times first prize winner and finalist of national competitions. He completed his studies in Cologne with Georg Klütsch with the concert exam with distinction.

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Konstanze Pietschmann

The young cellist Konstanze Pietschmann developed a passion for the cello at a very early age thanks to her musical upbringing and received her first lessons from Gerda Scharf at the age of three. After studying in Anna Niebuhr's class for young talent at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig, she began studying music at the same university in 2018 in the class of Prof. Peter Bruns.

She has won prizes at several national and international competitions.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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