King of the Waltz, a pop star of his times, a universal artist – Johann Strauss II has inspired many. From Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner to Richard Strauss, all were fascinated by his wealth of ingenuity and the soaring ease of his imagination. Wolfgang Mitterer, a virtuoso of the art of recharging, reinterpretation, and deconstruction, explores the ambiguity inherent in this much celebrated music.
Following the world premiere as one of the inaugural concerts of the Johann Strauss Festival Year 2025 Vienna at the Wiener Konzerthaus and two more stops at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and the Tokyo Spring Festival in March 2025, the composition now premieres in Tongyeong, where the ensemble had already performed in April 2024.