He is the most famous Austrian’s of all times. And it’s his name that most likely comes to your mind when thinking of classical music and Austria. Who are we talking about? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, of course! In 2006 we celebrate the 250th anniversary of this world-famous composer. Mozart fans and those-to-be a will find information on concerts, exhibitions and events dealing with the life and work of this genius.
Mozart - Life and Works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg and was already considered a genius as a child. He made his first attempts at composition at the tender age of six.
He was the son of Leopold Mozart, violin instructor, court composer and deputy music director at the court of the prince-archbishop of Salzburg, and Anna Maria, née Pertl. Wolfgang Amadeus is one of the greatest composers of all times.
He created twenty-four operas including such famous works as The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, seventeen masses, and over fifty symphonies. Mozart’s work, however, extended to all styles and types of music. He knew how to blend traditional and contemporary elements to create his own distinctive style, which is characterized by thematic and tonal variety melded with a high degree of formal discipline. Mozart’s compositions live from their melodic, rhythmic and dynamic contrasts. Following his break with the archbishop of Salzburg, Mozart moved to Vienna in 1781, where a year later he married the singer Constanze Weber. In 1787 he was appointed court chamber composer. Mozart died in 1791 while working on his famed requiem.
The special "BEST OF MOZART" concert series to be held during the Mozart Year will be a unique concert experience never before offered in Salzburg in this form. A wide spectrum of Mozart's loveliest melodies will be performed on 30 weekends throughout the year at one of Salzburg's most beautiful concert halls, the Main Concert Hall of the Mozarteum. A music event Mozart fans have always dreamed of: the Mozarteum Orchestra and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists have put together a high caliber program for all Mozart fans. A series of festive concert evenings with the loveliest melodies from Mozart's best known divertimenti and symphonies as well as overtures and arias from his most popular operas will be performed by selected soloists.
The Mozarteum is the seat of the International Mozarteum Foundation which has been preserving Mozart's heritage for over one hundred years. It is the ideal venue for the "Best of Mozart" concerts. The "Best of Mozart" series will be a unique concert experience for all Mozart aficionados traveling to Salzburg on the occasion of the Mozart Year.
The following concert dates (starting at 7:30 p.m.) are available:
All concerts will be performed at the Mozarteum (Main Hall) except on March 4, April 28, May 12 and 20 and October 7, which will be performed in the historic auditorium of the Old University, and July 8, at Salzburg Congress Center.
February: Sat. 18th and Sat. 25th
March: Sat. 4th, Sat. 11th , Sat.18th, Sat.25th
April Fri 21st, Fri.28th
May Fri. 5th, Fri. 12th, Sat. 20th, Fri.26th
June Fri. 2nd, Sat. 10th, Sat.17th, Sat. 24th
July Sat. 1st, Sat. 8th, Sat.15th
September Fri. 1st, Fri. 8th, Fri. 15th, Fri. 29th
October Sat.7th, Sat.14th, Sat. 21st, Sat. 28th
November Sat. 4th, Fri.10th, Sat. 18th
Ticket price: Category A: € 48.00 Category B: € 35.00
For more information on the "Best of Mozart" concert series contact:
Tourismus Salzburg GmbH Auerspergstraße 6, 5020 Salzburg
tel. ++43 / (0)662 / 88 98 7-0,
fax ++43 / (0)662 / 88 98 7-32,
tourist@salzburg.info
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