Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756, in Salzburg, in Austria. His parents
were Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart. He had a sister Kalled Maria Anna. Mozart had
five siblings more, but they died young.
When Mozart was five, he composed his first piece of music. He made his first concert tour
with his father and sister when she was 6. He wrote her first Symphony at age of 9 and his
first opera at age of 10.
In 1769 Mozart started to work in outdoor chapel concertmaster in Salzburg archbishop's
court. His father worked there as chapel master. He passed successfully the exam and after that he
became a member of the Bologna Academy of Music.
Mozart left the archbishop court in 1781 and went to live in Vienna. In Vienna he worked as a
freelance music teacher, pianist and organ player. Since 1787 he was the court chamber musician.
Mozart and Contanze Weber were Maried in 4. august in 1782. They had six children: