Which famous Vienna concert is traditionally broadcast worldwide on New Year's Day, following New Year's Eve?

The Vienna New Year's Concert is the famous concert traditionally broadcast worldwide on New Year's Day.

Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, the concert takes place in Vienna's Musikverein and is built largely around music by the Strauss family and related composers. Although it follows New Year's Eve, the event is a central part of the holiday season for audiences in Austria and around the world.

The concert's roots reach back to a New Year's Eve performance held by the Vienna Philharmonic in 1939. Regular New Year's Day concerts began in 1941. The program is repeated in different forms around the turn of the year, including a preview performance on December 30 and a New Year's Eve concert on December 31.

The best-known closing works are the “Blue Danube” waltz and the “Radetzky March,” although the program changes and encores are presented in a carefully managed sequence. The concert is not held in Vienna State Opera; its traditional venue is the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, whose ornate interior is widely shown in broadcasts.