Since 1939, the Vienna Philharmonic s New Year s Concert has become a tradition and the world s most famous classical music event. The list of names of leading conductors who have led the Vienna Philharmonic s New Year s Concerts reads like a veritable who s who of great maestros: Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado and Riccardo Muti to name a few. For the New Year s Concert 2016 world-renowned conductor Mariss Jansons returns to the podium for the third time for this extraordinary event. Ever since their first concert together in 1992, Mariss Jansons has belonged to the circle of conductors with whom the Vienna Philharmonic feels a special bond. His first New Year s Concert in 2006 was widely acclaimed by both audiences and the media. Jansons won a Grammy Award in 2006 for Best Orchestral Performance and ECHO Klassik honored him in 2007 as Conductor of the Year.