Most extraordinary of all musical geniuses was Austria’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Starting his career as a four-fold infant prodigy (harpsichordist, violinist, organist, composer), he wrote, during ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was more than just a child prodigy and pop star of his time. This year's Mozartfest delves deep into his soul. Mozart's "Magic Flute" is one of the most famous and reverred ...

Mozart’s symphonies, like those by Joseph Haydn, virtually invented the modern orchestra. In earlier generations, composing for a group of instruments together meant writing out the main musical lines ...

Mozart has a dig at bad composers and even worse performers. Find out more about A Musical Joke, well-loved for its use as the theme to Horse of the Year show. Watch and listen to different recordings ...

There's a seductive, chilling mystery around the story of Mozart's Requiem – which the Aurora Orchestra will play and which we'll be streaming here on Monday, the climax of Kings Place's Mozart ...

His music has comforted people in times of pain and sadness. Even German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says that without Mozart, we would all fundamentally be missing something. Until very ...

Hear the instruments and scores, on view in a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, that proved foundational for Mozart’s life in music. Credit... Supported by By Joshua Barone Visuals by ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: the ultimate child prodigy. He started playing piano at the age of three and is credited with writing his first symphony at the age of eight. Some claimed his talent was a ...

For over 15 years, scientists have been discussing alleged performance-enhancing effects of hearing classical music. Now, researchers in Vienna, Austria present quite definite results on this ...

Days of looking at crossed-out dates on original manuscripts with magnifying glass reveals different dates on five works from composer’s early period Mozart symphonies from one of the most important ...