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 ...

Two hundred and thirty-five years after his death, Mozart’s music continues to unite people across Europe and beyond. Its light shines from Salzburg to Monaco, and reaches the Baltic shores too.

Music has its seasons, and people have their needs. At some point in the autumn of 1979, I became obsessed with a few bars of Mozart. I was thirteen, fundamentally cheerful but convinced I was ...

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 ...

A new comprehensive analysis on the effect of Mozart's music on epilepsy has confirmed that listening to his piano music can reduce the frequency of epilepsy attacks. The results of this comprehensive ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed over 600 works during his lifetime. Despite this astounding number, new works by the Austrian musician continue to be unearthed. Recently, researchers at a library in ...

What's the next number in this sequence? 5, 10, 20, 30, 36 … ? And the next in this? 640, 231, 100, 91 … ? If you know your Mozart then you'll identify 43 as the number that comes after 36 in the ...

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 ...

A piece of music by Mozart can have an anti-epileptic effect on the brain and may be a possible treatment to prevent seizures, according to a new study. Researchers at the Hospital St Anne and CEITEC ...

Researchers have found that pre-term infants exposed to thirty minutes of Mozart's music in one session, once per day expend less energy -- and therefore need fewer calories to grow rapidly -- than ...

A performance of Mozart’s choral masterpiece marks English National Opera’s return to the Coliseum. Its artistic director explains why the composer’s last work, written as he drew his final breaths, ...