The 2012 Vienna Philharmonic New Year¡¦s Concert will be conducted by the Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons. Ever since the first concert together in April 1992, Mariss Jansons has belonged to the circle of conductors with whom the Vienna Philharmonic feels a special bond. The invitation to conduct the 2012 New Year¡¦s Concert marks the approaching 20th anniversary of this collaboration, which since its onset has been characterized by mutual artistic and personal understanding as well as great respect.

Since 2003, Mariss Jansons has been Principal Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and in 2004 became Principal Conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra as well. From 1979 until 2000 he was Principal Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, an ensemble which he formed into an orchestra of considerable international renown. Mariss Jansons has also had a long association with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. From 1992 to 1997 he was Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic and from 1997 to 2004 he was Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

2012 will be the second appearance for Mariss Jansons as conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert. His first New Year's Concert in 2006 was widely acclaimed by both audiences and the media. In January 2011, Mariss Jansons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in works of Shostakovich, Mahler and Berlioz.

01.Josef Strauss; Johann Strauss, Jr.: Vaterlandischer Marsch
02.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Rathhaus-Ball-T?nze, Walzer, Op. 438
03.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Entweder - oder!, Polka schnell, Op. 403
04.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Tritsch-Tratsch, Polka schnell, Op. 214
05.Carl Michael Ziehrer: Wiener B?rger, Walzer, Op. 419 (
06.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Albion, Polka, Op. 102
07.Josef Strauss: Jokey, Polka schnell, Op. 278
08.Joseph Hellmesberger: Danse diabolique
09.Josef Strauss: Kunstler-Gruss, Polka francaise, Op. 274
10.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Freuet euch des Lebens, Walzer, Op. 340
11.Johann Strauss, Sr.: Sperl-Galopp, Op. 42
12.Hans Christian Lumbye: Copenhagener Eisenbahn-Dampf Galopp
13.Josef Strauss: Feuerfest, Polka francaise, Op. 269
14.Eduard Strauss: Carmen-Quadrille, Op. 134
15.Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Panorama aus "Dornroschen"
16.Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky: Walzer aus "Dornroschen"
17.Josef Strauss; Johann Strauss, Jr.: Pizzicato-Polka
18.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Persischer Marsch, Op. 289
19.Josef Strauss: Brennende Liebe, Polka mazur, Op. 129
20.Josef Strauss: Delirien, Walzer, Op. 212
21.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka schnell, Op. 324
22.Johann Strauss, Jr.: Tik-Tak, Polka schnell, Op. 365
23.Johann Strauss, Jr.: An der schonen blauen Donau, Walzer Op. 314
24.Johann Strauss, Sr.: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228