Beyond Talent
Thursday, November 27, 2025 | 8 p.m.
Musikverein Wien | Metallener Saal
Program
Giovanni Bottesini
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in B minor (version for double bass and piano)
Jane Vignery
Sonata for Horn and Piano, Op. 7
Robert Maxwell
Fantasy on a Theme from Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, for Harp
Henriette Renié
Ballade fantastique for Harp
Richard Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder
This Best of concert showcases some of the mdw's most outstanding talents:
Katharina Paul, soloist and multiple award-winning horn player, was Featured Artist of Jeunesse 2024/25 and is currently an academician in Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich.
Daria Rumiantseva is the first prize winner at the Wales International Harp Festival and has performed as a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
Double bassist Jingrui Wang graduated with top marks from her studies in her native China and at the mdw. She has been a member of the RSO Vienna Orchestra Academy since 2024.
Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Celińska is a prize winner of the Antonina Campi International Vocal Competition. She has appeared on stage as Sesto and Cherubino, as well as in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
A cooperation with the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Artists
Jingrui Wang, double bass
Yuki Sunamura, piano
Katharina Paul, horn
Lavenie Natalie Steger, piano
Daria Rumiantseva, harp
Gabriela Celińska, mezzo-soprano
Andreas Fröschl, piano
Daniela Fietzek, moderator
Gabriela Celińska(c) Lisa Fokina
Daria Rumiantseva ©Katerina Garcia
Jingrui Wang ©Zhang Zixuan
Katharina Paul ©Julia Wesely