2023-12-30 16:41:52
The traditional Vienna Boys’ Choir is suffering from an acute lack of money. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the ÖVP promised help on Saturday after a meeting with the Boys’ Choir President Erich Arthold. The choir is to be supported with 800,000 euros. “We are saving the Vienna Boys’ Choir together,” Nehammer said afterwards. The boys’ choir should “be able to go into the coming year without any existential worries.”
The Vienna Boys’ Choir looks back on a tradition dating back to 1498. At that time, the future Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and his court music from various residences to Vienna and laid the foundation stone for the Vienna Court Music Orchestra and the Vienna Boys’ Choir. The approximately 100 singers between the ages of 9 and 14 are divided into four choirs that perform all over the world. Since 2004, the Vienna Choral Girls have existed in parallel, performing separately.
Arthold had sounded the alarm about impending bankruptcy. The choir, which is run by a non-profit organization, lacked the funds to continue operations until the end of the season at the end of August, he told the “Kronenzeitung”. According to Arthold, the choir receives two thirds of its income from around 300 international concerts a year. Operations are running again after the slump caused by the corona pandemic, but the costs for halls, hotels, flights and staff have risen sharply. “You can’t pass this on to the audience, otherwise it won’t come anymore,” says Arthold.
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