Ticket sale and application as a musician starts: VCM runners and Wiener Symphoniker perform together at the Vienna Musikverein
After the fantastic premiere in 2026, we’re incredibly excited for the Concert for the Marathon at VCM 2027.
Experience a musical journey along Vienna’s marathon course and get into the spirit of your Vienna City Marathon experience in a truly unique way.
- * Saturday, 17 April 2027, 11 am
- * In the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein
- * Unique: VCM participants and the Wiener Symphoniker perform together in one orchestra.
- * Programme & information
Tickets
Buy your tickets at the Vienna Musikverein Ticket Shop or, if you are a VCM participant, through your personal VCM account.
Application to play in the Orchestra
As a VCM participant, you can apply here to play in the orchestra and upload your video.
Get inspired. We look forward to seeing you at the Musikverein!
Time is running
Ticket sale and application as a musician starts
Playing with the Wiener Symphoniker at the Musikverein and running the Vienna City Marathon the next day: musical runners can make this dream come true again this season.
At the Concert for the Marathon, the Wiener Symphoniker will join forces with marathon runners to perform works by Beethoven, Brahms and Strauss in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein – the perfect start to marathon weekend. Applications for runners to join the orchestra and ticket sales for the concert have opened today.
Following the successful premiere last year, two forms of movement will once again come together on the eve of the Vienna City Marathon: running through Vienna and movement in music. The musical opening of the Concert for the Marathon 2027 will be Martin Rainer’s overture, composed especially for the marathon and presented for the first time. Developed from his VCM anthem, it combines the energy of running with musical echoes of Vienna – culminating in the “Blue Danube”, which will once again be part of the programme this year.
Under the musical direction of Jakub Przybycień, the programme follows the course of a marathon: Beethoven’s march from Fidelio accompanies the runners in their minds on their way to the start, while the timpani opening of Ernst von Dohnányi’s Rondo signals the start of the race against the clock. Shortly afterwards, the “Blue Danube” carries the runners across the Reichsbrücke, followed by dances by Dvořák, Smetana and Brahms that provide musical momentum along the course. With the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Fête polonaise, the concert gradually approaches the final stretch. Josef Strauss’ polka Ohne Sorgen then marks the musical moment of arrival – and the well-deserved relaxation after 42.195 kilometres.
The Concert for the Marathon thus creates a connection between the music on stage and the sporting event the following day. Last year, the new concert format was already met with great enthusiasm from both participants and the audience.
