WISE - Wien International Soloists Ensemble

"My language is understood through the whole world!"

Joseph Haydn

with a vocabulary that ranges from "historical performance practice" to "contemporary playing techniques", and with a line -up that enables the smallest possible chamber music as well as orchestral sound, is Wise one of the most flexible and exciting ensembles that has to offer the world capital of music.

In addition, the musicians of Wise are particularly important to overcome geographical, social and cultural boundaries through their work, to promote intercultural understanding and to contribute to a various and open society.

Wise consists of musicians who, from a wide variety of regions of the world, have made Vienna into their adopted home.

In April 2017 Wise went together with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir under Erwin Ortner and the Johannespassion by J.S. Bach on tour and celebrated great success.

A fixed point in the calendar of the ensemble is the annual appearance as an ensemble in Residence at the Vareš Classic Festival - International Chamber Music Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2017 Wise will find a new home in the Bank Austria Salon of the Old Vienna City Hall.

The founder and artistic director is the violinist Andrea Nikolić.