SOS Children's Villages Canada is pleased to announce a new partnership with Attila Glatz Concert Productions, who are presenting renowned concert series Salute to Vienna across North America in January 2009. Through this partnership they will endeavour to raise funds and awareness for orphaned and abandoned children around the world.
With its roots in post World War II Austria, SOS Children's Villages has spread around the world as a beacon of hope for children in need. Similarly, Salute to Vienna represents the very best of Austria’s Viennese musical legacy, and has become the world’s greatest concert series. Together they will support the work of SOS Children's Villages to provide care for children in need and support for their families and communities.
This partnership comes at the verge of an extremely important year for SOS Children's Villages, who will be celebrating 60 years of serving children in need in 2009!
Now in its 14th year, Salute to Vienna performances have continuously sold out in major concert halls across North America. Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, Place des Arts in Montreal, the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Lincoln Center in New York, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles are but a few of the 25 venues simultaneously celebrating the New Year with Salute to Vienna!
The Salute to Vienna concert series boasts eleven talented casts performing almost simultaneously throughout North America. Each performance features some of the most dynamic talent from the best of Europe’s opera houses and concert halls. These magnificent live performances, patterned after Vienna’s famous Neujahrskonzert, are the only New Year’s celebrations officially recognized by the Mayor of Vienna as authentic recreations of the 70 year-old Viennese New Year’s tradition.
Salute to Vienna’s ‘old-world’ charm has been strongly embraced by ‘new-world’ audiences. Each cast includes European maestros, singers and dancers, backed by a full symphony orchestra, who perform magnificent marches, lively czardas, arias and duets from the best-loved operettas by Johann Strauss Jr., Franz Lehár and Emmerich Kálman. In addition, beautifully costumed dancers swirl and glide across the stage as they perform the popular Viennese waltzes and polkas live on stage.
For a complete list of Salute to Vienna concerts across North America, call 1-800-545-7807 or visit www.salutetovienna.com. Group discounts are available.