New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic becomes globally accessible
The Vienna Philharmonic and medici.tv are pleased to announce the live broadcast of the New Year’s Concert 2022 on medici.tv in all those countries and regions currently not covered by television broadcasts.
This marks the very first time in the event’s long history that it will be available on a truly global basis. The partnership between the Vienna Philharmonic and medici.tv extends the global reach of this exceptional concert, adding over 100 new countries to the concert broadcasts allowing millions of classical music lovers worldwide to watch it live for the first time.
The livestream of the New Year’s Concert 2022 will be free to watch on medici.tv on Saturday, 1st January 2022 at 11:15 AM (CET) and available on replay free of charge for five days in the respective countries. After Thursday, 6th January 2022, medici.tv subscribers will be able to view the full replay. For six months following the initial broadcast, the event will be exclusively available in the countries not covered by television broadcast.
Medici.tv will also release recordings of recent editions of the New Year’s Concerts and the Summer Night Concerts, available on demand through medici.tv starting today.
“It is a great honor for medici.tv to be partnering with the Vienna Philharmonic for these unique events, as they represent a significant opportunity for us to increasingly extend the reach of the truly iconic New Year’s Concert and Summer Night Concert. For 15 years, our mission has constantly been to share the very best of classical music with the largest possible audience, especially in territories where we can provide better access to the outstanding talent of these musicians. We are thrilled about this partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic, which represents a considerable milestone in medici.tv’s history”, said Hervé Boissière, Founder and Managing Director of medici.tv.
Daniel Froschauer, President of the Vienna Philharmonic commented, “the new partnership supplements the media concept of the Orchestra in an ideal way: The Concert and its message of hope, friendship and peace is now accessible also in those countries and regions not yet covered by our longstanding television partners.”
About Rolex and the Arts
Since 2009, the renowned New Year’s Concert and Summer Night Concert have been presented by Rolex, marking the brand’s partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic-one of the world’s finest musical institutions-and its commitment to making classical music accessible to all.
Rolex is the Exclusive Partner of the Vienna Philharmonic and of medici.tv.
About medici.tv
medici.tv is the global leader in classical music video streaming. For over 10 years, its exceptional selection of live-streamed events and on-demand programs has appealed to music lovers, professionals, and institutions throughout the world. Heralded by The New York Times as “the closest thing to a classical Netflix,” medici.tv brings live classical music to passionate fans worldwide. Since its founding in 2008, it has captured the performances of leading classical artists, ensembles, and orchestras in the world’s greatest concert halls, festivals, and competitions. As the largest online platform for classical music, it
offers over 150 live performances throughout the year and the world’s largest classical video catalogue of more than 3,000 concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries, master classes, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, streamed in High Definition. medici.tv is available on all your screens: TV (via Airplay or Chromecast), computer, tablet, and smartphone.