Concert by the Vienna Boys' Choir

Probably the most famous boys' choir in the world.

The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the oldest and most famous choirs in the world: boys have been singing at the Habsburg courts since the 14th century at the latest; the oldest reference to a boys' choir in the Hofburg Chapel dates back to 1296. In 1498, more than half a millennium ago, the future Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and court music from various residences to Vienna. In doing so, he laid the foundations for the Vienna Court Music Chapel and ultimately also for the Vienna Boys' Choir. Today there are 90 active Vienna Boys' Choirs between the ages of nine and fourteen, divided into four concert choirs. Each choir spends nine to eleven weeks of the school year - a trimester - on tour. The Vienna Boys' Choir travels to almost every country in Europe, Asia and Australia, South and Central America, the USA and Canada. Together, the choirs give around 300 performances a year in front of almost half a million spectators. They have been a UNESCO cultural heritage site since 2017. Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.