Uncharted 4 has started and what a ride this is going to be, so I've left Belgrade and
landed here in Vienna.
Few cities in the world glide so effortlessly between the present and the past like Vienna.
This splendid historical face is easily recognized, grand imperial palaces and bombastic baroque
interiors, museums flanking magnificent squares and above all, the Hofburg, where the Habsburg
rulers lived, loved and married into empires, but this historical aspect often makes us
forget that Vienna is also one of Europe's most dynamic urban spaces.
Just a stone throw from the Hofsburg, the museum quartier houses some of the world's
most provocative contemporary art, while outside, a courtyard buzzes on summer evenings with
throngs and vena-nees drinking and chatting.
Nearby, restaurants brim with imbibers enjoying the pleasures of wine and food, while across
the yard, a museum café pulsates with the beats.
It's a reminder that the city of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Struber, Strauss, Brahms,
Miller and Strangberg immortalize Vienna's urban textures and song, This is Vienna, and
it's okay to mention Poetry Slam and the Stephen Stome in one breath.
and it's okay to mention Poetry Slam and the Stephen Stome in one breath.
Since you're already here, let's start with the Rathaus.
The Rathaus serves as the seat of both the mayor and city council of the city of Vienna.
The town hall also serves in personal union as governor and assembly of the state of Vienna,
a state with the Austrian federal system.
Right across is the Bergtheater, which is the Austrian National Theater in Vienna and
one of the most important German language theaters in the world.
The Bergtheater was created in 1741.
Up the street is the Austrian Parliament building.
This is where the two houses of the parliament of Austria conduct their sittings.
The main construction lasted from 1874 to 1883.
The architect responsible for the building, in the Greek revival style, was Theophil
Edward Hansen.
Walking around Vienna, I've noticed a lot of opera house theaters and a general music
theme, so I'm off to meet a dear friend of mine, Natalia, who plays a mean violin in
the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
How did you end up coming from Serbia to Vienna?
What brought you here?
My teacher, I was studying in the University of Music in Belgrade and my teacher, she's
concerted my first leading violin of folks opera here, it's an opera house.
She was teaching in Belgrade and I was all the time working with her and she was the
biggest influence for me to come here to Vienna, because I was coming all the time here and
I saw the things about music in Vienna, which is very important for classical musicians.
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company.
With the history dating back to the mid-19th century, it was originally called the Vienna
Court Opera.
In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Republic of Austria,
it was renamed the Vienna State Opera.
The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra.
And what do you love about playing the violin?
Oh my God, what I love, well, throughout the years of playing, it became my everything,
my habit, my love, my passion, my everything.
So basically, I believe that when someone wants to express himself in any kind of way,
for me, violin was this, and I could express my emotions the most throughout this instrument.
So it was basically for me, violin is like, music is everything, even if I'm in a shower
or in a house, the cleaning is always some kind of thing that is moving me.
Yeah, I hear you.
The Music Viren is a concert hall in the inner Stadboro, Vienna, is the home of the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Great Hall, as it's called, is due to its highly regarded acoustics and is considered
one of the finest concert halls in the world.
In the next episode, we'll talk a bit more with Natalia while breaking down the Belvedere.
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