Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg

The origins of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg can be traced back to the Dommusikverein und Mozarteum, which was founded in 1841 with the support of Mozart's widow Constanze and his sons. It has been known by its present name since 1908 and currently numbers around 90 musicians who specialize in the music of Mozart and in the Viennese Classical repertoire. In 2016, the Mozarteum received the distinction of becoming the first orchestra after the Vienna Philharmonic to be awarded the Golden Mozart Medal for its interpretations. As principal conductors, Leopold Hager, Hans Graf, Hubert Soudant, and Ivor Bolton have had a significant impact on the Mozarteum Orchestra in recent decades. The Italian Riccardo Minasi has been at the helm since the fall of 2017 and has been bringing the perspective of historically informed performance practice to their work together. The orchestra performs an annual concert cycle at the Mozarteum Foundation and the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg, and, since 2020, in its own venue, the Orchesterhaus. It also participates in performances of operas, operettas, ballets, and musicals at the Salzburg Landestheater and has been involved in the Salzburg Festival for more than 90 years, where it performs the Mozart Matinees every summer and, in recent years, has also taken on individual opera productions. The Mozarteum Orchestra moreover performs at the Salzburg Mozart Week and the Dialoge Festival. Guest tours have taken it across Europe and to Asia and to North and South America. The orchestra's discography covers almost all musical epochs; many of its recordings have won international awards.

July 2021