The Minoritenkirche, a Gothic masterpiece in the heart of Vienna, provides a unique setting for unforgettable classical concerts. With its stunning architecture and exceptional acoustics, it transforms every performance into a magical experience. Here, history and music merge into a harmonious unity as world-renowned musicians interpret masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, and many others with the utmost perfection.

These concerts are a feast for the senses: the rich sound of the strings, virtuosic solos, and masterful interpretations of great works illuminate the church in a truly special way. Thanks to its outstanding acoustics, every note comes to life—delicate pianissimo fill the space with intimacy, while powerful forte passages resonate majestically.

The diverse program spans the entire year, featuring top-tier performances—from festive Advent and Christmas concerts to grand New Year’s celebrations and musical highlights across all seasons. The concerts captivate audiences with their musical excellence, attracting both classical music lovers and curious newcomers from around the world.

Experience world-class musical enjoyment in one of Vienna’s most beautiful churches. Secure your tickets now and let yourself be enchanted by the masterpieces of classical music!

Program

12 June 2026 |  8:00 pm 
  Cycle – GRANDE MUSICA
“BEETHOVEN and ARENSKY”

Performers:
 Mario Hossen –  violin
 Nikita Boriso-Glebsky –  violin
 Gerhard Marschner –  viola
 Harriet Krijgh –  cello
 Liliana Kehayova –  cello

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven
 – String Quintet in A major, after the “Kreutzer Sonata” Op. 47
Anton Arensky
 – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

18 & 19 July 2026 | 8:00 pm 
 “La Passione”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Christoph Sietzen – Marimba
Martin Sieghart – Conductor

Program:

Joseph Haydn
- Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49 (final movement)
Christoph Sietzen
- Improvisation “La passione”
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 – Prelude
Emmanuel Séjourné
- Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006)
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995 – Gigue
Joseph Haydn
- Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49

Wiener Klassikfestival 2026
3rd Edition
24 July to 02 August 2026

Minoritenkirche Vienna

July 2026

24 & 25 July 2026 |  8:00 pm 

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Martin Sieghart –  conductor
 Selina Ott –  trumpet

Program:

Arcangelo Corelli 
- Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 1
Giuseppe Tartini 
- Concerto for trumpet and strings
Maurice Ravel 
- Suite for strings
Jean-Michel Defaye / Planel 
- Concerto for trumpet and strings
Arcangelo Corelli 
- Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6 No. 6

26 July 2026|  8:00 pm
“Mozart Evening”

Performers:
 Varga Quartet Vienna –  string quartet
 Adela Liculescu –  piano

Program:

Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

29 July 2026 |  10:00 pm
“Late Night Concert in Vienna” – Premiere

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Sophie Dervaux - conductor
 Mario Hossen – violin
 Nataliya Stepanska –  soprano
 Don Elias Stolz - trumpet

 Chorus ALEA

Program (selected works):

Arvo Pärt 
- Spiegel im Spiegel
Jules Massenet 
- Méditation from Thaïs
Niccolò Paganini 
- La Campanella
Pablo de Sarasate 
- Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Samuel Barber 
- Adagio for Strings
Antonio Vivaldi 
- “L’estate” (Presto) from Le quattro stagioni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- “Laudate Dominum” KV 339
- “Exsultate, jubilate” KV 165 (I. Exsultate, jubilate – Allegro / IV. Alleluja – Molto Allegro)
  

31 July & 01 August 2026 |  8:00 pm

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Ivan Martín –  piano (conductor & soloist)

Program:

Joseph Haydn 
– Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
–  Symphony No. 29 in A major, KV 201
 

August 2026

02 August 2026 |  8:00 pm 
“Bach & Paganini meet Schumann – Vol. I”

Performers:
 Mario Hossen –  violin
 Ivan Martín –  piano

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001 / 1003 / 1004
Niccolò Paganini 
- 24 Caprices (selection) Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24
 

15 & 16 August 2026 | 8:00 pm 
“Mozart Piano Concerto”

Performers:
 String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
 Andrea Vivanet –  piano

Program:

Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

September 2026

19 September 2026 |  8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”

Performers:
 Marialena Fernandes – piano
 Ranko Markovic –  piano
 Mario Hossen –  violin
 Maria Sotriffer –  violin
 Nikita Gerkusov –  viola
 Liliana Kehayova –  cello

Program:

Robert Schumann 
–  Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66
–  Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
–  Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

25 & 26 September 2026 |  8:00 pm 
“GRANDE MUSICA - Souvenir de Paris”

Performers:
 Mario Hossen –  violin
 Kristina Miller –  piano
 Les Orpheistes String Quartet 

Program:

 Frédéric Chopin 
–  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (original version for piano and string quintet)
Ernest Chausson 
–  Concert for violin, piano & string quartet (double concerto)
  

October 2026

10 October 2026 | 8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”

Performers:
 Pavel Vernikov –  violin
 Svetlana Makarova –  violin
 Anna Morgoulets –  violin
 Alexander Gordon –  viola
 Liliana Kehayova –  cello
 Loukia Loulaki –  cello
 Denitsa Laffchieva –  clarinet

Program:

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
- Souvenir de Florence
 

 30 October 2026 |  8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Harriet Krijgh - cello
 Liliana Kehayova - cello

Program:

Works by Antonio Vivaldi
  
 

31 October 2026 | 8:00 pm  
“Mozart, Bruckner & Haydn”

Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet

Program:

Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Haydn
 

November 2026

01 November 2026 |  4:00 pm 
 “Mozart – Requiem – Concert for All Saints’ Day”

Performers:
 Győr Philharmonic Orchestra 
 Philharmonia Choir Vienna 
 Martin Sieghart - conductor
 Soloists - TBA

Program:

Anton Bruckner 
- Four motets a cappella
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Requiem in D minor, KV 626

20 & 21 November 2026 | 8:00 pm 
 “Saxophone meets Classical Music”

Performers:
 Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
 Ola Asdahl Rokkones - saxophone

Program:

Johan Svendsen 
- Romance in G major, Op. 26
Antonín Dvořák 
- Scherzo from String Quintet Op. 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- 2nd and 4th movements from Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581 (arr. for saxophone)
Joseph Haydn 
- Symphony No. 6 in D major “Le Matin” (arr. for string quintet)

26 November 2026 |  8:00 pm
 “Advent Concert”

Performers:
TBA

Program:

TBA

27 November 2026|  8:00 pm 
  “Mozart Piano Concertos”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra 
 Patrick Dheur - conductor & soloist
 Mario Hossen - violin
 Benjamin Beck - viola

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Serenata Notturna KV 239
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Sinfonia Concertante KV 364
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Piano Concerto KV 414

  28 November 2026 |  8:00 pm
 “Advent Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Filipe Pinto Ribeiro - conductor & soloist
 Mario Hossen - violin
 Benjamin Beck - viola

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Symphony No. 3 KV 18
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Symphony No. 4 KV 19
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Sinfonia Concertante KV 364
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Piano Concerto KV 414

 
29 November 2026 |  8:00 pm 
  “Advent Concert”

Performers:
 To be announced

Program:

 To be announced

December 2026

02 & 03 December 2026 |  8:00 pm
   “Advent Concert”

Performers:
 Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
 Marley Erickson - violin

Programme:

Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216

04 & 05 December 2026 |  8:00 pm
 “MOZART CYCLE”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 David Frühwirth - conductor
 Julian Walder - violin

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Violin Concerto No. 4, KV 218
- Symphony No. 5, KV 22
- Symphony No. 6, KV 43
- Serenata Notturna, KV 239

 06 December 2026 |  8:00 pm 
 “VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – conductor & Violin

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi 
- Sonata “La Follia”, RV 63
- Violin Concerto in A major, RV 210
- Concerto in C major, RV 157
- Selection from The Four Seasons
Niccolò Paganini 
- I Palpiti, Op. 13
- Sonata “Preghiera”
- Moto perpetuo
- Rondo “Il Campanello”, M.S. 67/1 (arr. R. Leopold) 
 

07, & 08 December 2026 |  8:00 pm 
 “Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples”

Performers:
Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples
N. N. – Violin
N. N. – Cello
N. N. – Piano

Program:

• Arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti

11, 12 & 13 December 2026 |  8:00 pm
 “Advent Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra 
 Martin Sieghart - conductor
 Alois Mühlbacher - countertenor
 Don Elias Stolz - trumpet
 Choir - TBA

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantata V)
- Opening chorus: “Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen”
Antonio Vivaldi 
- Nisi Dominus, RV 608 (for countertenor and orchestra)
Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Two chorales from the Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Antonio Vivaldi 
- Gelido in ogni vena (from Farnace)
 Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Antonio Vivaldi 
- Trumpet Concerto in D major
George Frideric Handel 
- Venti, turbini, prestate (from Rinaldo)
Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantata VI)

18 & 19 December 2026  |  8:00 pm
 “VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – conductor & violin

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi 
- Violin Concerto RV 235
- Concerto RV 114
- Sinfonia from L’Olimpiade, RV 725
- Concerto for four violins in B-flat major, RV 553
- Selection from The Four Seasons
Niccolò Paganini
- Le Streghe
- Preghiera di Mosè
- Non più mesta
- La Campanella

 
 20, 21 & 22 december 2026  |  8:00 pm 
 “Per la Notte di Natale -  Baroque Music for Christmas Time”

Performers:
 Barucco Consort - on historical instruments
 Andreas Helm - oboe & director

Program:

Johann Melchior Molter 
- Concerto Pastorale in G major
Antonio Vivaldi 
- “L’inverno” (Winter) from The Four Seasons
Georg Philipp Telemann 
- Concerto for oboe d’amore, strings and basso continuo in A major
Antonio Vivaldi - Il Riposo 
– Per il Santissimo Natale, Concerto in E major, RV 270
Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060R (for oboe, violin, strings and basso continuo)

 23 December 2026 |  8:00 pm 
“Christmas Concert”

Performers:
 Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
 Michael Bednarik - trumpet
 Anastasia Karaieva - soprano

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
Joseph Haydn
 - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (1st movement)
George Frideric Handel 
- Arias from Messiah (including festive trumpet aria
Georg Philipp Telemann 
- Concertos and festive works for trumpet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Opera arias from Le Nozze di Figaro
George Frideric Handel 
- Additional arias with trumpet 

 25 & 26 December 2026 |  7:00 pm 
 “Christmas Concert”

Performers:
 Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
 Michael Bednarik - trumpet
 Anastasia Karaieva - soprano

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach 
- Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
Joseph Haydn
 - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (1st movement)
George Frideric Handel 
- Arias from Messiah (including festive trumpet aria
Georg Philipp Telemann 
- Concertos and festive works for trumpet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Opera arias from Le Nozze di Figaro
George Frideric Handel 
- Additional arias with trumpet

27 December 2026  |  8:00 pm 
“Vivaldi – The Four Seasons”

Performers:
 Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
 Marley Erickson - violin

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G major, KV 525
Antonio Vivaldi 
- Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)

28, 29 & 30 December 2026  |  8:00 pm 
 “Italian Baroque Gala”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra 
 Mario Hossen - violin & conductor
 Don Elias Stolz - trumpet
 Nataliya Stepanska - soprano

Program selection:

 Pietro Locatelli 
- Concerto grosso Op. 1 No. 11
Giuseppe Tartini 
- Violin Concerto in A minor, D. 115
Tomaso Albinoni 
- Adagio in G minor (reconstructed by R. Giazotto)

31 December 2026  | 4:00 pm 
 “New Year’s Eve Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – violin & conductor

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi
- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
A. Piazzolla
- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

January 2027

01 January 2027  |  4:00 pm
 “New Year’s Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – violin & conductor

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi
- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
A. Piazzolla
- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
 

02 January 2027  |  8:00 pm 
 “New Year’s Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – violin & conductor

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi
- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
A. Piazzolla
- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
 

03 January 2027  |  6:00 pm 
 “New Year’s Concert”

Performers:
 Les Orpheistes Orchestra
 Mario Hossen – violin & conductor

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi
- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
A. Piazzolla
- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

Venue

The Minorite Church is a Catholic church built in French Gothic style and is located at the center of Vienna’s historic inner city, in the first district and just a few minutes away from the Hofburg. The so-called Minorites were Franciscans who founded the Minorite Monastery in Vienna in 1224. The church building was completed in 1350, as one of the first Gothic churches in Eastern Austria. Ever since then, the Minorite Church is considered as one of the most beautiful churches in Vienna. 

Since 1784, the church has been owned by the Italian Congregation and has grown to become the cultural and social centre of the Italian Catholic community of Vienna. It is often referred to as the Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows.

The striking saddle roof of the church rises above the silhouette of Vienna's city centre and its "shot down“ tower is another striking characteristic of the building, dating back from the times of the Austro-Turkish wars. Since then, some massive alterations have taken place, the last major alteration being in the years around 1900, when the neo-Gothic annexes were built in which the Italian Congregation is housed. 

The Minorite Church in Vienna is one of the oldest and most artistically valuable churches in the city and definitely provides a unique venue for classical concerts – both acoustically and architecturally.

Minorite Church
Minoritenplatz 2A
1010 Vienna

Duration

The duration of the concert is about 70 minutes, without intermission. 

Tickets

Once your booking has been confirmed, you will receive an e-mail containing your booking voucher. Please print it out or download it on your smartphone/tablet to show it at the evening box on the day of the concert.

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How to get there?

The Minorite Church is located in the city centre. The easiest way to get there is by the subway line U3 until the station “Herrengasse” and take the exit “Minoritenplatz” which will lead you directly in front of the Minoriten Church. 

Alternatively, one can take the Tram line D,1 or 71 to the station “Rathausplatz/Burgtheater”. From there the Minoriten Church is a few minutes walk behind the Burgtheater.  

Cancellations
 

Cancellations are possible for this ticket up to 48 hours before the concert begin.