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 ...
Copy of a portrait of Mozart from 1777 by Padre Martini of Bologna. The summer of 1791 saw Mozart hard at work on not one, but two operas. The Magic Flute was mostly complete by July when it was ...
Long lines of music lovers formed to hear a piece of history, as a previously unknown Mozart trio received its first public performance. It‘s not often that you can hear new music from Wolfgang ...
Mozart’s haunting ‘Lacrimosa’ from his famous Requiem, written in 1791 as the composer himself was in ailing health. The Requiem had been commissioned by an anonymous figure, and as Mozart’s health ...
A reboot of Peter Shaffer’s play hopes to repeat the 1984 film’s magic and lure a fresh audience to classical music Forty years ago, Amadeus won eight Oscars, four Baftas and four Golden Globes – and ...
A CLASSIC opera is being reimagined with a bold Yorkshire twist. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro will be given new life through a collaboration between Ian McMillan, Ben Crick, and the Bradford Opera ...
Do lullabies send babies to sleep? Does Mozart really make your child smarter? We look at some of classical music’s biggest impacts on babies and children. For thousands of years, parents have been ...
The Gran Partita is a supreme instrumental masterpiece and Baldeyrou and his ensemble do it full justice in this first disc of a Mozart series This is the first instalment of clarinettist Nicolas ...
Mozart was more than just a child prodigy and pop star of his time. This year's Mozartfest delves deep into his soul. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was more than just a child prodigy and pop star of his ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A novel approach to Mozart’s Requiem, orchestral works by Tania León and music conducted by Joe Hisaishi are among the highlights. F. Murray Abraham, ...
Sir Patrick Stewart was a noted fan of classical music. In a 2023 interview with Classic FM, the famed actor, who died on Oct ...