Johannes "JJ" Pietsch & Ensemble MY Sounds Vienna - Taggenbrunn Festival

Three minutes were enough to take the whole of Europe’s breath away: Johannes "JJ" Pietsch, the 24-year-old countertenor with perhaps the most extraordinary voice of his generation, will bring the Eurovision Song Contest back to Austria in 2025 after a ten-year hiatus. Classically trained by Kammersängerin Linda Watson at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, he has been captivating audiences at the Vienna State Opera since 2022 with roles in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," in "From Love to Death" with music by Gustav Mahler, and Rudger Vollmer's "Road Opera" Tschick. Making his debut at the Taggenbrunn Festival, ESC winner Johannes "JJ" Pietsch will present selected arias, accompanied by the ensemble MY Sounds Vienna under the direction of Yury Revich, which will frame the arias with music by Georg Friedrich Handel, Giuseppe Tartini, and others.