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Vienna Philharmonic

symphonic orchestra based in Vienna, Austria
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Summary

Vienna Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of symphony orchestra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,886 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Herbert von Karajan Music Prize[3], Birgit Nilsson Prize[4], Classic Brit Awards[5]
  • Country: Austria[6]
  • Instance of: nonprofit organization[7]
  • Founder: Otto Nicolai[8]
  • Genre: classical music[9]
  • Headquarters location: Vienna[10]
  • Record label: Deutsche Grammophon[11]
  • Discography: Vienna Philharmonic discography[12]
  • Commons category: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra[13]
  • Inception: 1843[14]
  • Location of formation: Vienna[15]
  • Official website: https://wienerphilharmoniker.at[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vienna Philharmonic[17]
  • Legal form: association[18]
  • Owner of: Palais Erzherzog Carl[19]
  • Start of work period: 1842[20]
  • Social media followers: 29,295[21], 23,591[22]

Product Details

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  • Type: Orchestra[23]

  • Country: AT[24]

  • Began / founded: 1842[25]

  • Genre(s): classical[26]

  • Community tags: austrian orchestra, classical, orchestra, symphony orchestra[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d770374d-05e9-4ed3-a068-3fbd4e6e4dd6[28]

Why It Matters

Vienna Philharmonic has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did Vienna Philharmonic receive?

Honors received include Herbert von Karajan Music Prize[3], Birgit Nilsson Prize[4], and Classic Brit Awards[5].

Related Entities

Assat Austria Bruno Walter Deutsche Grammophon Leonard Bernstein Mariss Jansons Nikolaus Harnoncourt Otto Nicolai

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['vienna-philharmonic', 'vienna-philharmonic-orchestra']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: vienna-philharmonic, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966958|vienna philharmonic (#289966958)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 356793
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Svkkl authority id → k0003228-Wiener-Philharmoniker
    Official website → https://wienerphilharmoniker.at
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1907876
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0003228-Wiener-Philharmoniker, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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