Born on 30 March 1959 in the rolling hills of southern Germany, Sabine Meyer grew up in a family dedicated to the clarinet. Her grandfather, her father, and her older brother all played the clarinet, and by the age of

Just as in his piano concertos, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) created a world in his five violin concertos where the solo instrument is in conversation with the orchestra, rather than fighting it. The violin is very much a part of

We remember Leopold Mozart today as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but his life story includes many more chapters than just the ones on his son. Leopold’s story on its own is incredibly remarkable. He was born into modest

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) left us a world of music that we’re still trying to understand. A manuscript discovered in the Évora Cathedral in Portugal gives us an early 19th-century Requiem, which both follows and diverges from the normal Requiem.

As Mozart approached his final years, his work finally started to achieve the promise of his early years. His operas gained an international audience, he was being commissioned to write for private clients, and his works were becoming of a

It is well-known that Mozart was one of the most important influences on the music of Tchaikovsky. Of him, Tchaikovsky used to say that he was the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music. The

Filmed live on 5 November 2025 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne under the direction of Dutch conductor Ton Koopman, this ARTE TV concert traces the development of Mozart’s music over

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is often introduced as a miracle. He was a divine child, and a celestial genius, like a marble statue with a powdered wig. But the moment you actually listen to his music, the statue starts to grin.