New Year's Concert 2026 - Bruckner Orchestra Linz

Concert to start the year

Bruckner Orchestra Linz ‘8 Seasons – Vivaldi meets Piazzolla’

Concertmaster: Jacob Meining

As the old year draws to a close and the new one begins, ‘8 Seasons’ – two masterpieces that musically reflect the changing times – ring out. Antonio Vivaldi's ‘Le Quattro Stagioni’ (1725) and Astor Piazzolla's ‘Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas’ (1965–1970).

With compositional virtuosity, Vivaldi created a musical encyclopaedia of nature that has lost none of its freshness to this day. Around 250 years later, Astor Piazzolla, the innovator of tango nuevo, took up this theme – but his ‘Four Seasons’ do not depict a picturesque ideal, but rather the urban life of the modern metropolis. Melancholy, passion and rhythmic sharpness combine powerfully when baroque elegance meets the sophistication of tango.

The Bruckner Orchestra Linz, in an appropriately smaller line-up, is conducted by its first concertmaster, Jacob Meining, a native of Dresden.

There is no more stylish way to celebrate the start of the year!

How to get to the Gmunden "Stadttheater" (Town Theatre) in the Traunsee-Almtal region:

We recommend travelling by public transport!

By train:
Take the Salzkammergutbahn (line 170) from Attnang-Puchheim station to Gmunden station, then take the Traunseetram (line 161) from Stern & Hafferl to the Gmunden Rathausplatz stop, also coming from Vorchdorf Eggenberg or Gmunden Engelhof (Park & Ride). The stop is in the immediate vicinity.

Numerous connections from Attnang-Puchheim station to the main trains on the Westbahn line (line 101) or via Gmunden to the Salzkammergutbahn towards Bad Ischl, Hallstatt and Bad Aussee

By bus:
OÖVV bus lines 507, 505 or 533 as well as city bus lines from Gmunden, Gmunden Rathausplatz stop

By bicycle:
The Stadttheater Gmunden is also very easy to reach by bicycle. The Traunviertel Tour, the R4 Traun Cycle Path and the R 2 Salzkammergut Cycle Path pass by Rathausplatz and the Traun Bridge, approx. 200 metres away.

By car:
A1 motorway: From Munich/Salzburg or Vienna/Linz – take the A1 Regau exit – B145 to Gmunden, also from Bad Ischl on the B145 – directly into the town centre.

Parking in the town centre:
Underground car park approx. 200 metres away, numerous parking spaces in the city centre (short-term parking zone during the day).

Please only use the designated parking spaces and be considerate of private property!
Thank you for your fairness!