Pianist Katie Mahan in a traditional Austrian horse-drawn carriage. Today you can travel from Salzburg to Vienna in under three hours. When the Mozart family undertook that trip, it took three weeks!
Mozart had a number of pets over the course of his short life, but one stands out above all the others: his pet starling. The bird first attracted Mozart's attention in May of 1784 when he heard it ...
Pianist Jeremy Denk has finally had the space and time to finish his forthcoming memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine, which will resonate with you if you took piano lessons as a kid. It releases this ...
Mozart has overtaken Beethoven, the favorite son of the 19th century, as the most admired composer in the history of Western music. He has the most recordings. Classical radio stations run a morning ...
The Michigan Opera Theatre opens its new season with Mozart’s comedy “Don Giovanni” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, with shows Oct. 23, 25 and 27 at the Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway St. Tickets ...
Vivien Shotwell's historical novel "Vienna Nocturne " centers on an actual 18th-century woman who became the most celebrated soprano of her era. Anna Storace, born in London in 1765, was a child ...