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Celebrating Mozart
In 2006, the Mozart Year, festivities and concerts were held around the world to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756-December 5, 1791)
Mozart's signature (ANTO/Wiesenhofer) and portrait, by Barbara Kraft (ANTO/Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde)
In Performance
Watch video highlights of Mozart's music from past GP programs.
Conductor Mariss Jansons "Overture" from "The Marriage of Figaro"
Pianist Maria Joao Pires "Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor"
Flautist Emmanuel Pahud "Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major"
Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky "Fin ch'han dal vino" from "Don Giovanni"
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Florence Illi "Deh, vieni alla finestra" from "Don Giovanni"
Mozart Hot Spots
Mozart tombstone at St. Marx Cemetery (Austrian National Tourist Office/Wiesenhofer)
With Salzburg and Vienna the epicenters of the celebrations, check out sites in both cities that have links to the composer. Go
Web Resources
Mozart 2006
European MozartWays
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
NPR.org: Mozart's 250th Birthday
photo credits: ANTO/Wiesenhofer and Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. close
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