Wiener Konzerthaus

150 Years of the Vienna World's Fair and Ludwig Bösendorfer

The photo shows a poster with a historical concert grand piano made of ebony with rich decorations and carvings, partly gilded, executed by Bösendorfer
© L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH
The photo shows a poster with a historical concert grand piano made of ebony with rich decorations and carvings, partly gilded, executed by Bösendorfer

24 November 2023 - 23 March 2024

At the end of the anniversary year marking 150 years of the Vienna World's Fair, Bösendorfer is presenting a look at the World's Fair and its contribution to the piano world as part of an exhibition in the Salon at the Vienna Musikverein. Austria presented itself as a piano country: 48 piano companies exhibited 83 grand pianos and 11 upright pianinos. The piano company led by Ludwig Bösendorfer since 1859 exhibited together with the piano maker Friedrich Ehrbar, because the two had united shortly before to form a Viennese piano factory corporation. They got into a dispute over a patent while still at the exhibition and remained irreconcilable.

Bösendorfer and Ehrbar showed 10 grand pianos and 2 upright pianos in the Palace of Industry. A grand piano by Bösendorfer, designed together with the exhibition architect Josef Storck, could also be admired in the rotunda. In order to demonstrate the instruments, concerts were held, where the focus was less on the artistic performance, but rather on the sound and the special features of the instruments. The world exhibition was immediately used by music publishers and dance music composers as an advertising medium. Music publisher Adolf Bösendorfer, Ludwig's brother, also published numerous "World's Fair Music" for the occasion.

Admission free!

Venue

Bösendorfer Salon

Bösendorferstraße 12/Canovagasse 4
1010 Wien

Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Mon. 11 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 12 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 13 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 14 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 15 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 16 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Mon. 18 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 19 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 20 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 21 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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All Dates

December

  • Mon. 11 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 12 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Thu. 14 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 15 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 16 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Mon. 18 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Mon. 25 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 26 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 27 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 28 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 29 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 30 Dec 2023, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

January 2024

  • Mon. 01 Jan 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Thu. 11 Jan 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Wed. 31 Jan 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

February 2024

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March 2024

  • Fri. 01 Mar 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Sat. 09 Mar 2024, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Mon. 11 Mar 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Fri. 22 Mar 2024, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 23 Mar 2024, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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