Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Mozart Music - World honors Mozart on 250th birthday


World honors Mozart on 250th birthday
News-Review - SALZBURG, Austria (AP) -- It's a birthday bash being heard around the world. The cobblestoned and turreted city of Mozart's birth was the focal point for Friday's 250th anniversary celebrations - but the sound of the master's music was being heard

Music lovers fete Mozart on 250th birthday
Beaufort Gazette - SALZBURG, Austria (AP) - Hot rock and cool jazz mixed with the classics in Salzburg on Friday, as Mozart fans spilled from museums and concert halls into a floodlit main square in an exuberant 250th birthday bash echoed by thousands of other

Mozart at 250
Lansing State Journal - In life, one could argue that Mozart had mixed success. A child musical prodigy, he eventually married happily and fathered six children. Yet he was often in debt and died at 35. As a musician, his success may be unparalleled. He wrote more than 620

Mozart, mit Schlag
Los Angeles Times - THERE'S no escaping Mozart here this year. Austria's celebration of its native son's 250th birthday is an artistic and commercial extravaganza calculated to flood the country with tourists and to awe audiences with myriad performances, seminars and

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Mozart Music - Mozart's birthday celebrated in grand style (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)



Mozart's birthday celebrated in grand style (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
Last year, OK MOZART established two unique fund-raising events that were repeated again this year. The first, Mozart's 250th Birthday: A Celebration in Three Movements, was held Thursday in three homes on Brookhollow Court off Adams Boulevard.
Mozart, romance, schemes and a whole lot of music - Daily Press

Mozart, romance, schemes and a whole lot of music
Daily Press, VA - Feb 3, 2006
Mozart turns 250 this year, but it's the music, not the man, that we celebrate. ... "I can't imagine Mozart's music without the words here," says Saunders. ...

Quapaw Quartet to perform at Lyon
Guard Online - The West Endowed Concert Series is giving a gift to area
Happy Birthday, Mozart! (The Epoch Times)
LOS ANGELES - Last Friday January 27th marked an important day in the world of classical music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the short-lived Austrian composer who staked out a lasting reputation in thi...

Monday, February 06, 2006

Mozart Music - Inverell's Opera in the Paddock to salute Mozart (Inverell Times)



Inverell's Opera in the Paddock to salute Mozart (Inverell Times)
INVERELL'S Opera in the Paddock will celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday this year with several excerpts from his well loved opera The Magic Flute.
Salzburg hills alive with Mozart music - Ninemsn

Salzburg hills alive with Mozart music
Ninemsn, Australia - Jan 26, 2006
... of Mozart mania infecting almost every square inch of Salzburg, from the Mozart breakfast in a restaurant, to Mozart shoe polish, caps, music boxes, spoons ...

'New sound' for NACO
Globe and Mail - Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra are offering their Ottawa public a brand-new sound, according to a subscription brochure launched yesterday to promote the orchestra's plans for next season. The
Mozart Celebration | Today (The State)
USC Opera will perform one-act operas including Mozart s Bastien and Bastienne. Free. 7:30 tonight, 3 p.m. Sunday, USC School of Music recital hall. music.sc.edu
Move over, Mozart: Music of now comes to Santa Clara - San Jose Mercury News

Move over, Mozart: Music of now comes to Santa Clara
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Jan 31, 2006
The musical world is busy celebrating Mozart's 250th birthday. But this weekend, the music of now will be celebrated at the 2006 Santa Clara New Music Festival ...

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Mozart Music - Duo pianists take on Mozart piece (The State)



Duo pianists take on Mozart piece (The State)
COLUMBIA TODAY Phillip Bush and Lynn Kompass, duo pianists. Free. 12:30 p.m., Trinity Cathedral, 1100 Sumter St. trinitysc.org A MOZART MOMENT
Mozart, romance, schemes and a whole lot of music - Daily Press

Mozart, romance, schemes and a whole lot of music
Daily Press, VA - Feb 3, 2006
Mozart turns 250 this year, but it's the music, not the man, that we celebrate. ... "I can't imagine Mozart's music without the words here," says Saunders. ...


Georgia Straight - A Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presentation. At the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, January 29 There s an old one-liner that goes, Why, when I was
In Sight/Music: Mozart madness on the agenda for Folle Journee festival (Asahi.com)
There's no shortage of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart this year. If you want to join in the festivities, but can't stomach the high ticket prices or long-winded performances, don't worry.