Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Reciting Mozart
Washington Times - In case you hadn't noticed, Friday was the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Embassy Series and the Austrian Cultural Forum celebrated this festive event in style -- complete with a birthday cake -- at an evening recital by the Minetti

Sometimes, God is in the notes and brush strokes
Pueblo Chieftain - Humans, even from Day 1, whenever and wherever that was, prefer and perhaps need to believe that God or gods make themselves manifest to us. Over the millennia, people have found their sense of the divine booming in the storm's thunder or whispering

Artemis Quartet ready to join the world's elite
Denver Post - (www.artemisquartet.com) It's hard to beat the pedigree of the Artemis Quartet, which studied with the vaunted Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne and took part in master classes with the Emerson and Juilliard string quartets in this country. The ensemble

The sound of genius, a gathering of a dozen piano virtuosos
ABS-CBN - Imagine 12 of the best pianists performing with two philharmonic orchestras, playing the keys to George Gershwin s irresistibly endearing "Rhapsody in Blue." Imagine four pianists on two keyboards performing Franz Liszt s highly animated

Recordings to keep Mozart party going
Washington Times - Jan. 27, the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has come and gone already. However, because it was his 250th this year, musicians, concertgoers and recording companies aren't ready to let it go. Mozart, always the party boy, probably would approve