Viktor Gernot

An evening of songs to celebrate the pre-Christmas season with Christmas songs and Advent tales and satires. Curated, compiled, and sung by the Austrian grandmaster of Christmas concerts, Viktor Gernot. Accompanied on the piano by his friend and long-time musical partner, the brilliant master of all 88 keys, Prof. Aaron Wonesch.

Since the early 1990s, Viktor Gernot has been performing swinging Advent concerts. Starting from small clubs like Roter Engel, through the truly legendary series of performances in all federal states, at the Kabarett Simpl and later at Casanova Vienna, to the Ronacher Vienna, and even the Stadthallen in Graz and Vienna. In the past, he performed with Viktor Gernot's Best Friends, his long-time band. Always with unmistakable, original arrangements of the exclusive song selection from the Great American Christmas Songbook, mixed with carefully chosen poems and stories, presented in the famous tone of the protagonist. Often copied, never matched.

In all these projects, Aaron has been an indispensable pianist. And so, the two come together in December 2026 to interpret the swinging, jazzy, and sometimes balladic songs. The enthusiasm and love with which Viktor Gernot first heard "White Christmas" in the Hollywood film 'Holiday Inn' is the foundation of this concert night. His first LP under the Christmas tree was once Bing Crosby's 'White Christmas.' Over the decades that followed, his enthusiasm has developed into true expertise and mastery through countless concerts and the study of Christmas literature, both literary and musical.

A Night Before Christmas. Let Viktor Gernot and Aaron Wonesch enchant and transport you. And Keep On Swingin'!