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| Cover of Leopold Mozart's Violinschule (1st ed.), depicting the musician with his instrument. Leopold taught violin to his famous son, Wolfgang Amadè from an early age, effectively becoming the boy's first teacher. He would famously take Wolfgang on a series of tours, and is rightly considered to have been an indispensable figure & a dominating force in the shaping of his sons' musical genius, and played a major role in the formation the latter's stratospheric rise to success, both as a performer and as a composer. |
Speaking to the German press, culture adviser Thomas Weitzel invites fans of the Mozart family clan to pay pilgrimage to the newly renovated museum and exhibit this Fall, which promises to “focus on interactive approaches and music education” - providing a perfect learning environment suitable for “younger target groups.”
The cost of the overhaul to the Mozarthaus is estimated to be in the range of 300,000 euros, 264,000 of it to come from the state office for the non-state museums in Bavaria and the remaining sum to be paid by a group of third-party donors and sponsors who have pledged their financial support.
In addition, the city of Augsburg will play host to a celebratory year long anniversary program "JUBILEO! - 300 years of Leopold Mozart" which will feature theater and dance productions, choral and orchestral concerts, guided tours and exhibitions, culminating in May 2019 with the “German Mozart Festival.” The latter festival, which runs from the 11th of the month through to the 26th will play host to six exclusive concerts and feature as its main attraction the 10th Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, which will be held in the German city 31 May through 8 June 2019.
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| Mozarthaus Augsburg exterior, not to be confused with Mozarthaus in Wien, located at Frauentorstraße 30, is the birthplace and former residence of father to Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, Leopold Mozart. |
The celebration, however, doesn't end there: the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic (Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie) has been commissioned by the city of Augsburg for a newly recorded CD of works by Leopold, which will hit the market following the jubilee.
As many violinists well know, Leopold's Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing (Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule) – the famously influential instructional textbook on 18th century performance practice for the violin - and the methods contained within, have been experiencing a welcome renaissance in present times thanks to the surge of historically-informed performances of music dating from the classical era. As such, Leopold continues to educate, and to inspire.
So much so, that a new biography on Mozart's first teacher is slated for release this fall by German musicologist Silke Leopold. The much anticipated write-up on Mozart's erudite father is being touted in the German press as the “first biography [on Leopold Mozart] to be backed by scientific evidence” and promises to shed new insight into “Leopold's European mindset” as well as his undeniable influence in the shaping of his son's stratospheric success, which the biographer dubs “The Miracle of Mozart.”
Unraveling Musical Myths will provide an update when Leopold's biography is expected to release.
Enjoy below recordings of 7 Symphonies of Leopold Mozart, performed by the Slovak Chamber Orchestra under maestro Bohdan Warchal (list in video):
External Links:
- Schedule of events for JUBILEO! - 300 Years of Leopold Mozart (auf Deutsch)
- Press release, JUBILEO! (PDF; auf Deutsch)
- German Mozart Festival (information, auf Deutsch)
- Mozarthaus revamp, exhibition – news article (auf deutsch)
- Information on forthcoming biography by Silke Leopold – news article (auf Deutsch)
- 10th Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition (information, English)
- Leopold's Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing (Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule)
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