Name: Waltzes of the world
Start: 2025-07-13T19:00:00
Location: Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Aleksey Igudesman

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Rheingau Musik Festival

200 years of Johann Strauss: This deserves to be celebrated! Without Strauss, the waltz virus would certainly not have triggered a global pandemic and would not have so persistently stuck in people's dancing feet. If that isn't worth a dazzling birthday concert! The musical multi-talent Aleksey Igudesman – Viennese by choice, devilish violinist, composer with a sharp pen, and brilliant entertainer – will perform. Together with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, he will play his way in ecstasy through the waltz sounds of the world, twinning Strauss with Jewish klezmer, oriental elements from One Thousand and One Nights, Latin American fervor, and Celtic mysticism. The waltz king can even demonstrate his widescreen qualities, for Hollywood has long since discovered his immortal melodies. For film music legend Hans Zimmer, they are part of the basic musical vocabulary. With spirited arrangements by Zimmer and Igudesman, Strauss becomes a screen star this evening.