Konzerthausorchester & Circle of Live

Never before had anyone dared to stage anything like it: an archaic plot, ecstatic dances and that outrageous music! The Paris premiere of Stravinsky’s “Le sacre du printemps”, choreographed by Nijinsky, ended in uproar in 1913. Yet the scandal subsided astonishingly quickly, and with “The Rite of Spring” came the dawn of the age of new music, the avant-garde, and an entirely new musical culture.