The Vienna Boys Choir is one of the most famous choirs in the world, and one of its oldest: Boys have been singing at Vienna's Imperial Chapel at least since 1296. In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I. moved his court to Vienna to establish the Chapel Imperial there, and the Vienna Boys Choir. Over the centuries, the court attracted musicians like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Anton Bruckner; Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, and Franz Schubert were themselves choirboys. Until 1918, the boys sang exclusively for the court. 

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Vienna Boys Choir

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

The Vienna Boys Choir is the world’s foremost children’s chorus. For six centuries, these young cultural ambassadors have been adored the world over for their wide range of repertoire,purity of tone and generosity of musical spirit. Over centuries, illustrious composers have written masterpieces for the Boys Choir of the Imperial Chapel, including Mozart, Bruckner, Gluck and Schubert. They are beloved the world over for their lively singing style and beautiful tone.

Jubilee Artist Series Presents: Vienna Boys Choir

McCorkle Music Building

The illustrious group of child musicians has been delighting music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and popular repertoire. The enormously popular chorus is composed of four touring choirs that hail from dozens of nations and together give over 300 concerts a year around the world. Christmas in Vienna showcases these gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty in an extraordinary program featuring Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs and, of course, holiday favorites. The Fort Worth Star Telegram raves “There’s no more gratifying sound than that of children singing. And there’s no more polished ensemble of children’s voices than the Vienna Boys Choir.”

The Flynn

The Vienna Boys' Choir or Wiener Sängerknaben is the world's foremost children's choral group. It is also among the oldest of all musical organizations, having been founded pursuant to an Imperial decree of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I on July 7, 1498; the Emperor wished boys' voices to be added to the choir of the Imperial Chapel, or Hofkapelle. This established a tradition of having the boys sing in weekly Sunday masses in the Imperial Chapel of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, a tradition that continues today.

Vienna Boys' Choir

Midland Center for the Arts

The world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir returns to The Grand for the first time in almost a decade! Christmas in Vienna showcases these gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty in an extraordinary program of Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs and, of course, holiday favorites.

Grand Theater

The illustrious group of child musicians has been delighting music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and diverse repertoire which includes everything from medieval to contemporary to experimental music. These gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty are part of four touring choirs that hail from dozens of nations and together give over 300 concerts a year around the world. The Fort Worth Star Telegram raves, “There’s no more gratifying sound than that of children singing. And there’s no more polished ensemble of children’s voices than the Vienna Boys Choir.”

Vienna Boys' Choir

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Vienna Boys Choir

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Vienna Boys Choir

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Jubilee Artist Series Presents: Vienna Boys Choir

Vienna Boys' Choir