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ABOUT NATALIA

Some careers follow a straight line. Mine has been a symphony—composed in movements, driven by intuition, and shaped by both ambition and reinvention.

I was born in Bogotá, Colombia, into a family of entrepreneurs where dreaming was expected—but building was the real art. At 18, I left everything I knew and moved to Vienna. I didn’t speak the language. I didn’t have a plan. But I had music—and a vision I couldn’t yet explain.

Just two years later, I became a mother. While completing my studies, building an international music career, and launching my own ventures, I was also raising my son—who today continues to be one of my greatest sources of growth, reflection, and grounding.

In 2012, I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and received the mdw Recognition Award. That same year, I founded the Max Steiner Orchestra, Austria’s first symphony orchestra dedicated to film and video game music. A bold idea that captured international attention, leading to an invitation to the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.

Since then, I’ve collaborated with world-renowned artists like Hans Zimmer, Anna Netrebko, Alexandre Desplat, David Newman, Danny Elfman, James Horner, and Andrew Lloyd Webber—experiences that sharpened my ability to lead complex music productions with clarity, precision, and emotional depth.

In recognition of my creative leadership, I was honored by the President of Colombia as one of the 100 most successful Colombians abroad.

But even as I built a life at the center of the music world, I felt called to something more inward-facing. I wanted to understand what really sustains human creativity—not just on stage, but in life.

In 2018, I completed an MBA in project management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2022, I added another layer—earning an academic certificate in Spirituality in the Psychosocial Professions at Sigmund Freud University.

Since 2023, I’ve served as a faculty lecturer at MUK Music and Arts University of Vienna, guiding students in film and commercial music as they discover their own creative voices.

I also contribute to leadership and community as a board member of the Female Leaders Network at the WU Executive Academy and the Network of International Women in Austria (NIWA).

Now, I bring it all together in MOVE EMPOWERED—an initiative dedicated to resilience, emotional clarity, and personal transformation. Because somewhere along the way, I realized: the real work is not just in what we create, but in how we hold ourselves through transformation.

ACADEMIC PAD

2022

Academic expert in the field of

"Spirituality in the psychosocial professions"

Sigmund Freud University Vienna

2020

Master of Business Administration, MBA 

Project Management

Vienna University of Economics and Business | Executive Academy

2019

Touch for Health | Energy Kinesiology

Brain Sisters Health Consulting Vienna

2018

Energy medicine for emotional balance

Vitalakademie Vienna

2012

Magister in media composition and applied music

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

2008

Bachelor in composition and music theory

Music and Arts University of the city of Vienna

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1984

born in Bogotá, Colombia

2002

moved to Vienna, Austria

2012

book publication

 “The relevance of instrumentation: for the tonal expression of musical structures as a premise for perception”

Languages

Spanish | English | German

Residence

Vienna, Austria

RECOGNITIONS

2019

Colombianos Estrella

Colombian Government Award for Outstanding Achievements Abroad

2016

The Boston Consulting Group

Experienced Class 2016

2015

100 Colombianos

Colombian Government Award for Outstanding Achievements Abroad

2012

Roche Continents Workshop

Outstanding Young Talent

2012

Appreciation Award

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

2011

Transatlantyk Young Composer Award

Nominee

2011

RFM Classic Honorable Mention

For original, aesthetic style, depth

and unique presentation of emotion in music

(listen to Natalia´s composition here)

2008 - 2011

One World Scholarship

For excellent performance in the study

APPRECIATION

I dedicate my work to my great mentors Louise Hay, John Bradshaw, Carl Jung, Wayne Dyer, Esther&Jerry Hicks, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Sylvia Gabriela Fischer and Beatríz Chávez Durán. Their teachings have allowed me to reach places where I never imagined I could be. I have immense gratitude towards them and it is my strong desire to spread the legacy of these loving mentors while expanding my knowledge thanks to the new circumstances and desires that arise in my everyday life.

I am also deeply thankful to all those who have found value in my life's work and gave me either a recognition, made a video interview, wrote a newspaper article and all the other wonderful signs of appreciation. A big thank to you all!

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© 2025 by Natalia Villanueva García 

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