Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss and Johann Strauss Jr. are just some of the most popular music composers that are born in Austria, which in turn made the country famous for music. Their music will never go stale no matter how many times you listen to it whether it is by radio or from the famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
But Austria not only focuses their taste in classical music. They also indulge in the modern times, popularized the by the youthful generation creating a new wave of subculture. Read on to find out more.
- Starting at the end of the months of July to August which is held every Tuesday evenings visitors witness a combination of the picturesque village with a backdrop of the cosmopolitan and urban music which welcomes them to the festival known as Bezau Beatz, held in the Bregenzerwald town in Bezau. The village square is filled with music heard from all over the world which includes avant-garde, rock, jazz, classical and pop.
- In Central Burgenland you see the Hungarian Basin which is beyond the foothills of Sopron Mountains in which both sky and land lay equally flat and very vast. The climate in this area is perfect for producing local wines too but this is also the place where the legendary Franz Liszt who proclaimed himself as a gypsy musician, was born here in the village of Raiding. After two centuries, adjacent to where is born is where the Franz Liszt Concert Hall is standing which is now a museum dedicated to the great composer. The country has always been a pace setter whether it comes to music, wine, architecture, art and design. This fact is liven up annually in the famous Liszt Festival.
- When the year reaches the time of the carnival or Fasching, throughout Austria hundreds of balls are being held. Two of the most popular balls are the Opera Ball and the Le Grand Ball which is held every 31st of December at the Imperial Palace in Vienna.
Have you ever dreamed of conducting your own orchestra? This is possible in Vienna. The average conductor has trained for decades just to get to that post but now it will be easier for you to train to become one through the interactive sound museum of Vienna and their Virtual Conductor technology. You get to choose your own music, hold your electronic baton and then step up before the video projection in which you can start your own orchestra concert.