Press release:
Vienna, March 2025 – To mark the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board and the European Space Agency (ESA), in partnership with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, are sending his masterpiece “By the Beautiful Blue Danube” into space. On May 31, 2025, the waltz will be transmitted into the universe as an electromagnetic wave at the speed of light from the ESA Deep Space Antenna DSA 2 in Cebreros, Spain. The signal will catch up with NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe just 23 hours later….
Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig: “Once again, the Austrian capital will be presenting itself as an innovative world capital of music – a city that not only preserves its heritage, but also generates impetus for the future with visionary ideas.”“In 2025, Vienna will celebrate the 200th birthday of its Waltz King with 65 productions over 250 performance days all over Vienna. Under the motto “King of Waltz. Queen of Music”, the Vienna Tourist Board has chosen a progressive approach to Johann Strauss II, which reaches its brilliant climax with ‘Waltz into Space’.”
Irony is dead. Long live the Blue Danube.
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