Mozart Archive

Mozart completed the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major on December 16, 1785 as he was approaching the height of his popularity in Vienna. Almost simultaneously, he had been working on the score to …

Mozart wrote the so-called “Kegelstatt” Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano for Franziska von Jacquin, his favorite piano student, and Anton Stadler, friend and one of history’s first clarinet virtuosi. For it’s debut, Mozart himself …

Pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born in Zhitomir, Russia but grew up in Odessa. Unusually, he was largely self-taught although his organist father provided him with a basic education in music. Even at an early age, …

One of Mozart’s most celebrated piano pieces, the Fantasia in D minor, K. 397, was composed in 1782 or between 1786 and 1787 and it was left unfinished. (For this reason, the catalog lists it …

I have been a fan of pianist and conductor Andras Schiff for many years. He is a fine musician and I enjoy his teaching methods. Here are hus subtle and so important suggestions for improvements …