Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart News

Mozart piano music discovered

Dec 27, 2006, 11:50 GMT

Vienna - A previously unknown piano composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart discovered in Salzburg may become a surprising last highlight of Austria's Mozart anniversary year, reports said Wednesday. ... more

Mozart is dead - long live Mozart overkill

Dec 5, 2006, 11:45 GMT

Vienna - Last year as Austria geared up to celebrate the 250th birthday of musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on January 29, 2006, criticism of over-marketing the country's greatest son resounded throughout the local media. ... more

Berlin opera to stage controversial opera Idomeneo this year

Oct 27, 2006, 17:19 GMT

Berlin - The Berlin opera house which last month cancelled a production for fear of protests by Muslims announced Friday it was reinstating Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart this year. ... more

Musician, traveller, genius - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Jan 27, 2006, 18:31 GMT

Vienna - He was a musician, a constant traveller, a musical genius; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Salzburg in 1756, took the hearts of rococo society by storm as a wunderkind. ... more

Austria and the world celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday

Jan 27, 2006, 18:31 GMT

Vienna - Austria and the world celebrated the 250th birthday on Friday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the greatest composers of all time who was born on January 27, 1756. ... more

Dates in Mozart's life

Jan 27, 2006, 12:48 GMT

Hamburg - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a genius. Even as a child the son of a music teacher showed extraordinary talent. In his 35 years, the composer created a body of work that is regarded as the epitome of the beautiful and the complete. Important dates from his life: ... more

Musikverein Investigates Lost 'Mozart' Composition

Apr 8, 2005, 17:20 GMT

Archived sheet music which could be a lost composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered at an Austrian concert house ... more

Gallery Discovers Last Mozart Painting

Jan 8, 2005, 17:09 GMT

Art experts in Germany believe a painting by German Artist Johann Georg Edlinger painted in 1790 is the last portrait painted of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ... more