Some facts about the famous Mozart, probably the most famous composer of all time, classical or not.

• Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria
• Died December 5, 1791 at the age of 35
• He was born to Father Leopold and Mother Maria Anna Pertl
• He was baptized at St. Rupert’s Cathedral
• On August 4, 1782 he married Constanze Weber
• He was buried in a peasant’s grave in Vienna at St. Marx Cemetery
• His full legal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
• Wrote of 626 unique works.
• He composed his first symphony at the age of 8
• Haydn once said Mozart is ‘the greatest composer known to me in person or by name; he has taste and, what is more, the greatest knowledge of composition’
• Mozart had a special relationship with Prague - He premiered the opera Don Giovanni there on October 29, 1787, and supported himself for many years through commissions originating from the city.
• He was a Freemason, and belonged to the same Masonic Lodge as Haydn

A review by S. James Wegg says it succintly when he titles it "Exceptional violinist deserves more respect".

Midori Goto is one of those incredible Violinists who, despite her talent, partially due to her low profile and also because she doesn’t market herself as well as, say Anne-Sophie Mutter she has not been given the respect her talent truly deserves (thank goodness for excellent CD recordings..). Her recording of Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto remains my personal all-time favorite of that interpretation.

What most people don’t know about her is her active charitable participations to promote quality music education, it is for that reason that she left Juilliard, probably the most famous school for Musicians in all America, instead she graduated in Psychology with a Masters. She is said to live in Berlin and Los Angeles today and plays a Guarnerius del Gesu ‘ex-Huberman’ Violin, 1734, one of the most outstanding Violins in existence.

This is the 3rd movement, only part of it, but it’s beautifully played by Anne Sophie-Mutter on her Lord Dunn-Raven 1710 Stradivarius, though she is also reported to own the Emiliani 1703.

Performed on her famed Stradivarius Violin, amazing performance.

Classical music is a term with three distinct meanings:

• The European tradition of music which is associated with high culture, as distinct from popular or folk forms (including works in this tradition in non-European countries).
• That tradition as well as similar non-European traditions.
• A particular stage in the development of the European art music tradition, centered in the late 18th century.

Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, Western art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. The central norms of this tradition developed throughout this period but reached their heights of complexity and development in the period between 1550 and 1900