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 ...

Mozart's wild ride from child prodigy to accomplished composer was fueled with strong family relationships -- some nurturing and others crippling. Mozart's father hoped that his son's musical talent ...

How amazing was Mozart’s musical gift? So amazing you can demonstrate it even by programming someone else’s work on a concert. Michael Tilson Thomas did as much with the San Francisco Symphony’s ...

As part of its West Circle Series, the Michigan State University College of Music has been celebrating Mozart’s birthday with a special concert each year for the past 13 years. Because Mozart wrote ...

Like most birthday celebrations, the hoopla surrounding the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth in Salzburg, Austria, has had its highs and lows. For me, the apogee was a series of ...

This piece originally aired October 12, 2016. Row after row of Sangiovese grapevines cover the hills of Montalcino in Tuscany, where famed Brunello wine is made. But one of these vineyards is a bit ...

The young Mozart composed the piece around 1760 and was played for the first time at the Leipzig Opera over the weekend. Reading time 2 minutes A hitherto-unknown piece of music by the Austrian ...