Artists and Musicians
The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra
The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra, founded in 1982, devotes itself to performing dance music of the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and around the world. The orchestra’s repertoire includes compositions from the Strauss dynasty and its contemporaries, music from Robert Stolz and popular pieces from operettas. The orchestra has performed in most major European cities, as well as around the world.
Uwe Theimer
He is professor of music at the Vienna Music University, as well a co-founder and musical director of the Lower Austria summer operetta festival. His musical education includes training at the Vienna Boy’s Choir, as well as the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He is the orchestra conductor for the Vienna Boy’s Choir, a rehearsal accompanist at the Vienna State Opera, and has also served as musical assistant to Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel and James Levine at the Salzburg Festival.
Broadway Big Band
Gerhard Aflenzer studied jazz trumpet at the Vienna City Conservatorium.
In 1995, he founded the Broadway Big Band with professional musicians and gave highly successful guest performances with his orchestra at balls, gala events and concerts in Austria and abroad. When choosing the dance programme, the band leader made sure to present a varied and high-quality repertoire of sophisticated dance music, including both Standard and Latin-American dances. Gerhard Aflenzer also does not forget modern songs and includes some current hits for the audience.
Chris Lachmuth
Dance has been part of this former tournament dancer's life since childhood. After a children's dance group, rock'n'roll training, acrobatics and jazz dance, he spent several years intensively training in London. A member of the Austrian national team and several times Viennese champion. After the end of his tournament participation, he became a certified dance teacher and trainer and, since 2007, has been the federal trainer of the Austrian Dance Association.
Vienna Dance Company/Dancing School Chris
The professional tournament dancers for Standard and Latin create a great atmosphere at every dance event together with professional dancers from such varied areas as hip hop, samba and salsa.
Sunshine Band
A top international gala and party band, that, in addition to great music, offers an unusual stage show. The impressive voice of singer Silvia van Heeze combined with the band’s virtuosity on keyboard, guitar, bass, drums and saxophone ensures an evening of dance music covering a wide spectrum of the music of the last 50 years.
Charly Hloch-Trio
Charly Hloch on piano, Martin Wichtl on sax and Wolfgang Bäck on drums bring you boogie woogie, blues, rock'n'roll and, especially for the Concordia Ball, danceable, groovy jazz classics and swinging evergreens.
DJ Martini
He is a party DJ as well as the DJ for numerous Radio Wien events, for example the New Years street party, Cool am Pool, and Ice Dreams. Since 1996 he has staged events that principally revolve around super sounds of the 80’s and party classics. He also produced "Solo Musica Italiano“.