The New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic in 2017 was the 77th New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic and took place on January 1, 2017 in the Viennese Music Association . Conductor was Gustavo Dudamel for the first time , who was the youngest conductor at the age of 35, who was the conductor of the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic until then.