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MUSIC IS IN ThE AIR …and with 415 square kilometers of airspace above Vienna there is plenty of room for allkinds of music. Every night in Vienna around 10,000 music lovers are treated to live classical music –something no other city in the world can rival. The variety offered by an annual 15,000 concerts is unbelievable. The Vienna concert program ranges from ancient music (baroque and earlier) to the Viennese classics (Mozart, haydn, Beethoven) and contemporary compositions. And the city‘s cellar joints, clubs and bars are alive with the rarest grooves, the heaviest bass and the coolest sounds. Jazz, rock, pop, world and electronic music are served straight up or mixed, but absolutely danceable. And there is no fear of mixing old and new. Waltz King Johann Strauss and pleasure loving Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would be delighted with what the young generation are making out of their melodies. Photographer Lukas Beck took the idea of “music in the air” literally when he organised apicture session with the Vienna Boys’ Choir on the roof of the Natural HistoryMuseum.
VIENNA IS NoT ShoRT oF SUPERlATIVES Do you know who the most photographed Viennese is? Waltz king Johann Strauss, whose golden monument in the Stadtpark appears in photo albums with unparalleled frequency. he even outdoes fellow musician Mozart, whose statue is in the Burggarten. The city’s opera houses perform a total of around 100 different works each season. Vienna’s flagship opera house, the State Opera, has the fullest program. And it also has the largest number of permanent residents, thanks to the 60,000 bees that live on the roof. There is apremiere every month at the Theater an der Wien, which stages everything from baroque to modern works. The Volksoper is the city‘s top operetta venue, but is no stranger to opera and musicals. Gustav Mahler is very much in the headlines at the moment, as 2011 marks the 100 th anniversary of the great composer and conductor‘s death. Mahler was musical director of the Court opera (today’s State opera) for ten years. his wife Alma No oNE IS UNMoVED BY MUSIC It’s amazing what music can do. Vienna has music that ... ... brings people together: At the 1814/15 Vienna Congress the novel waltz music put aspring in the assembled diplomats’ step, indirectly helping central Europe to half acentury of peace. Napoleon’sadmiration for haydn even crossed the lines of warfare, and he posted aguard of honor in front of the composer’s house to protect him during the siege of Vienna. was averitable femme fatale, turning the heads of alegion of artists, including painter oskar Kokoschka. The Vienna Boys’ Choir is a 100-strong ensemble with long traditions. The oldest boy group in the world is also the most enduring, and with 300 appearance to its name, the busiest. Not just boy groups, but bands representing just about every imaginable style are on the bill at the annual Danube Island festival, held at the start of the summer. Attracting three million visitors each year, the three-day event is Europe‘s largest free open-air party. There are almost 400 hours of entertainment and a dozen different stages to enjoy. Vienna is multi-cultural. The past few years have seen the birth of a number of new festivals whose names tell you everything you need to know. There are the Accordion and KlezMoRE festivals, Balkan Fever,Salam orient and the Wean hean festival (dedicated to the Wienerlied song –the city’sown musical genre). … makes ladies go weak at the knees: The waltz leaves no room for female emancipation. The gentleman leads and the trusting lady puts herself in his hands. … amazes: Acapella festival Voice Mania is all about virtuoso vocal acrobatics. Besides trilling, purring, chirruping, humming and growling, performers whisper, pant and generally play the goat. They even sing, as well. …fills dance floors: Music gets the toes tapping, especially at the capital‘s hottest clubs and discos. Popular haunts include Pratersauna, Flex and Praterdome, Austria‘s largest disco. ImPulsTanz, Europe’s largest contemporary dance festival, serves up around 200 dance workshops and top performances each summer. The dancers at the Vienna State opera Ballet are the ultimate in poise. …brings out the best in everyone: At the house of Music, Vienna’s interactive sound museum, offbeat experiments await budding composers (CDs of your work are available to take away) and conductors (the Vienna Philharmonic follow your virtual baton). “A free concert by the Vienna Philharmonic on astage in front of Schönbrunn Palace, in front of an audience of 100,000 –though the Summer Night Concert is televised worldwide, you have to be there to experience the unique atmosphere.” Music is in the air 19 ANATIoN oF MUSIC ADDICTS Now it’sofficial. AVienna University of Music study confirms the received wisdom that music plays akey role in Austrian life. The research found that people spend more time listening to music than they devote to sport. Every second person is musically active, and fully 85 percent indicated that music played an indispensible role in their life. It is hardly surprising that music thrives in such fertile soil. YoU WANT IT, VIENNA’S GoT IT Tips for ... classical music lovers: Musikverein, Konzerthaus, Festival oster- Klang. …autograph hunters: meet Anna Netrebko! …musical fans: addict alert! one Elisabeth fan managed 450 performances. 2011 latest: Tanz der Vampire, Ich war noch niemals in New York. …jazz lovers: Vienna Blues Spring (the world’slongest jazz festival), Vienna Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazzfloor Festival. …talent scouts: up and coming rock, pop, hip-hop and electronic acts in the bars along the Gürtel beltway. …performers: choirs at Voices of the World in front of Schönbrunn Palace. …bon vivants: afeast for the ears, eyes and palate at the Music Film Festival on City hall Square. …beginners: free opera for all courtesy of live broadcasts from the State opera house on the big screen outside. …party people: raise your glass to the New Year’sTrail. …visual artists: images of dance at the sound:frame Festival
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