Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear young musicians,

 

It is a great pleasure for me to have you and your orchestra to participate in the World Orchestra Festival in Vienna, which is well known for its music and many great musicians such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler and the Strauss family, etc. have worked and lived here in the city.

 

Music is an universal language which connects centuries, comes over the borders and gets people together. All of us can always learn from the great musicians in the past, and take their spirit with us and develop new path for the future. We should try our best to contribute to our world: one future, the better future.

 

I wish all of you to have a successful participation at the "One Future - the World Orchestra Festival", to have a nice stay in Vienna and to bring the beautiful memory back to your home.

 

Best regards

 

Colonel Mag. Bernhard Heher

Head of the music guards of The Austrian Armed Forces