He was a child prodigy who excelled in every genre to which he turned his hand, his
music combining melodic beauty and the most daring formal perfection – all coloured by his remarkable gift for emotional ambiguity
In the opinion of many the greatest of all composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) began his career as a child prodigy, and went on to achieve pre-eminence in every genre to which he turned his hand. His music combines melodic beauty, with innovative formal perfection and a remarkable ability to capture and explore deep ambiguities of emotion and feeling.