YOUNG MOZART WAYS European level through meetings, competitions, travels to MOZART – A SHORT BIOGRAPHY Court Chapel. First Italian journey of father and son to Milan 1782 Premiere of the singspiel The Abduction from the Seraglio; other partner cities along the Mozart Ways. Not only does with numerous excursions to other towns. Commission to com- Mozart marries Constanze Weber, Aloysia’s sister. this channel effectively assist in spreading knowledge about pose the first Milanese opera Mitridate, Re di Ponto. Admission Young Mozart Ways Mozart, but it also disseminates the positive resonance of 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born on January 27 in to the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna (Padre Martini) and 1783 Last stay of Wolfgang (together with Constanze) in Salz- On the way to & with Mozart Mozart’s music, individually and collectively, in the direct Salzburg. He is the seventh child of Anna Maria (née Pertl awarding of the Order of the Golden Spur in Rome by the burg. Mozart’s first son Raimund Leopold lives only two months. In the field of music education and pedagogy, projects have experience of performance. 1720-1778) from St. Gilgen and Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) Pope. Second journey to Italy. Second opera commission for On the way back to Vienna, he writes the Linz Symphony “head been developed under the heading “Young Mozart Ways”. from Augsburg. Five of their children die, only Wolfgang Milan, Ascanio in Alba. over heels”. Their aim is to inspire the younger generations in the discov- • Choir “Amadeo” Salzburg, Austria and his older sister Maria Anna (1751-1829), called Nannerl, 1784-1785 Mozart starts to keep a catalogue of all his works; ery of Mozart’s life and work as well as his pioneering Euro- • Boys’ Choir “Les Pastoureaux”, Waterloo, Belgium survive. 1772-1775 Mozart becomes salaried concert master of the he becomes father again (Carl Thomas dies in 1858 in Milan). pean personality, and also to encourage their own musicality • Youth Choir of the Reims Cathedral, France Salzburg Court Chapel. Third journey to Milan, 3rd opera com- Admission to the Masonic Lodge Zur Wohltätigkeit (Benevolence). and enthusiasm for the classical tradition. Under the leader- • Youth Choir of the Salzburg Cathedral, Austria 1759 Father Mozart creates a first music notebook for his mission for Lucio Silla. The preparations for the opera La finta ship of the Salzburg Region, such initiatives are proposed along • BELLA MUSICA – European Youth Orchestra Wien / Mozartklasse Ursula © Gymnasium St. daughter. giardiniera take Wolfgang and Leopold to Munich in December 1786 Premiere of The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna. the network and developed through cooperations, there- (Pre-College / University Mozarteum), Salzburg, Austria Mozart Stories 1774-March 1775. by fostering a sense of community and of mutual interest. • Mozarteum Children’s Orchestra), Salzburg, Austria Every city, every site which Mozart and his family visited even 1761 Mozart composes his first works. Since he cannot write yet, 1787 Mozart in Prague; premiere of Don Giovanni. His father By offering an exemplary exchange across national borders, just once or where the composer lived, can give origin to the proud father documents them in Nannerl’s music notebook. 1777-1778 Sixteen-month travel to Paris, where Wolfgang’s dies in Salzburg. which represents one of the main objectives of the European Mozart Classes traditional or unexpected “Mozart Stories”. Children should mother dies. On his way to Paris, Mozart falls in love with Union, a current and active relation with the field of cultural Under the guidance and ex- be motivated to seek out such Mozart anecdotes and write 1762 First journey to the Elector in Munich, followed by several Aloysia Weber in Mannheim. There he writes particularly 1788-1789 Mozart has financial difficulties but composes heritage can be realized. pertise from the Mozartian them down in their own words. Over time, a young picture months in Vienna. There the children play for Empresss Maria touching works under the influence of the Mannheim school. among others the piano Concerto in D-major K.537 (Corona- city of Augsburg, special emerges of Mozart’s life, his family history, and the culture of Theresia. The time of travelling which then starts amount to a tion), the Jupiter Symphony and after his return from Berlin (April- Some project examples: “Mozart Classes” have been his time. The young authors write their stories in direct contact third of Mozart’s life. 1779-1780 Wolfgang wants to marry Aloysia: however, June 1789) the Clarinet Quintet. designed and implemented with musicologists and Mozart experts on site and make them she consents to wed the actor Joseph Lange. Mozart returns Young Ambassadors of the EMW in high schools. To perceive known to their environment. 1763-1766 The father shows his children to the world. The to Salzburg, where he is appointed court and cathedral 1790 Premiere of Cosi fan tutte in Vienna. Journey to the On the way with Mozart one’s homeland in the con- Great West-European Tour lasts three and a half years and organist. coronation of the Emperor Leopold II in Frankfurt am Main at Children and youth choirs as well as orchestras with a spe- text of its culture, to ex- takes the family through Germany and the Austrian Nether- his own expense. cial relationship to Mozart and performing his works are ap- perience one of the most lands to France, where they play for Louis XV and his court. 1781 Premiere of Idomeneo in Munich. Mozart is called to Vien- pointed “Young Ambassadors of the European Mozart Ways”. important chapters of intel- Their journey continues across the Channel to England and King na by the Archbishop Colloredo of Salzburg. Mozart no longer 1791 Premieres of La clemenza di Tito in Prague and the Magic A major component of the activities is the exchange on a lectual history in one’s own George III. There Wolfgang composes his first Symphony, K. 16. wants to work for him and is released from service “with a kick flute in Vienna; his son Franz Xaver Wolfgang is born (dies in city, to discover what classical music is about and to appreciate On their way back they travel through the Netherlands, France in the ass”. Mozart stays in Vienna and earns his living through 1844 in Karlsbad). Constanze is treated at the spa of Baden Mozart’s music, which has been ours for over 250 years till and Switzerland. Wherever they play, the audience – no matter piano lessons and concerts. bei Wien; Mozart writes the Requiem, is taken ill and dies today: these are the goals of this project in the footsteps of whether mighty figures or simple people – react with utmost on December 5, at the great music educator and father Leopold Mozart and his enthusiasm. I o’clock in the morn- world-famous children. Fresh discoveries around the Mozart ing at the age of 35 family, personal encounters with travels to partner cities, joint 1767-1768 Presentation of Mozart’s first singspiel, Apollo et years in Vienna. He is musical experiences, the exchange of know-how in a pre- Hyacinthus, in Salzburg. Journey to Vienna, Brno and Olomouc laid out in Saint Ste- cious dialogue with experts are at the core of sharing cultural (in today’s Czech Republic). phen’s Cathedral, and heritage in diverse ways. his remains are bur- Mozart Classes are so far ongoing at the of the Ursulinen-Gym- 1769-1771 Appointment of the 13-year-old Mozart to the ied in the cemetery © Volksschule ObertrumVolksschule / Mozart Stories© Bella Musica Orchestra © University Mozarteum nasia of Augsburg, Salzburg and Vienna. (unsalaried) position of 3rd concert master of the Salzburg of St. Marx. 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