The Vienna Boys Choir is one of the most famous choirs in the world, and one of its oldest: boys have been singing at Vienna’s Imperial Chapel at least since 1296. In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I moved his court to Vienna to establish the Chapel Imperial and the Vienna Boys Choir. Over the centuries, the court attracted musicians like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Anton Bruckner. Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, and Franz Schubert were themselves Vienna choirboys. In 1924, the Choir was reestablished as a private, non-profit organization. Today, the choirs perform in 300 concerts each year, attended by almost half a million spectators around the world.