The commemoration of Mozart's 250th birthday began in 2006 1 month 1 day. The prelude of Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" was specially played at the Vienna New Year Concert held in Vienna Golden Hall that day, thus opening the curtain of the commemorative activities. 1 From 27th to 29th, more than 100 concerts, chamber music concerts, opera songs concerts, church concerts, poetry readings, lectures and film screenings were held in more than 20 performance venues in the center of Vienna, and a special exhibition of Mozart's last musical manuscript Requiem was held in the Vienna National Library. In order to let more people get in touch with and know Mozart, the Memorial Committee specially set up a big tent in the square in front of Stefan Cathedral in the city center as an information center for commemorative activities, and pre-sold tickets for various activities. The Vienna Museum, the Bank of Vienna and Lower Austria also invested and specially applied for 8 million euros from the European Union to renovate Mozart's old residence at No.5 back street of Stefan Cathedral, and turned this four-bedroom house into a memorial hall of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Mozart lived here from 1784 to 1787 and wrote the famous opera The Wedding of Figaro. The memorial hall is open free of charge for three consecutive days from 1 27 to 29. The city government of Vienna also invested 9.5 million euros to bury St.? Max Cemetery has been renovated for Mozart's music lovers to visit, and at the same time, five sightseeing routes through the streets of Vienna have been arranged, so that music lovers all over the world can find Mozart's historical traces.
On May 7th, 2006, a marathon will be held in Vienna to commemorate Mozart's 250th birthday. The organizers set the slogan of this marathon as: Run Vienna and enjoy Mozart. Mozart's music will accompany the contestants throughout. The winner will be the famous conductor Zubin? Meta sticks, tickets for Mozart piano concert played by buchbinder in piano master. In order to let people who don't usually have the opportunity and conditions to enter the concert hall or opera house enjoy Mozart's music, the Memorial Committee specially invited college students from all over the world to organize student orchestras, and planned to perform 330 open-air concerts in the streets and squares of Vienna from May to September 2006. The Austrian advertising company also specially invited Jeremy, an American Hollywood movie star and Oscar winner? Irons is the anchor of the Austrian 13 episode Mozart, mainly recorded in Salzburg and Vienna. Now more than 200 radio stations have applied for broadcasting, and it is estimated that the global audience will reach millions.
Salzburg is Mozart's hometown, and a lot of preparations have been made to commemorate Mozart's 250th birthday this year. In 2006, Salzburg will hold 260 concerts, 36 operas, 55 mass in memory of Mozart, 8 exhibitions about Mozart and 400 children's activities and seminars. The largest exhibition "Long Live Mozart" was held in the Governor's House Museum in the center of Salzburg on June 27th, 2006. The audience can enjoy Mozart's music manuscripts, autographs, letters, Mozart's precious oil paintings and musical instruments used by Mozart. Salzburg Art Festival in July and August, 2006 will bring Austria's commemoration of Mozart's 250th anniversary to a climax. During the six-week art festival, musicians from all over the world gathered in Salzburg and performed all Mozart's music and opera works for the first time, including the opera "Apollo and the Oriental Boys of hyacinthus orientalis" written by Mozart at the age of1/kloc-0. The newly rebuilt Mozart Theatre in Salzburg has 65,438+0,650 seats, and the opening ceremony will also be held on July 23, 2006, and the famous opera "The Wedding of Figaro" will be staged. To this end, the city of Salzburg and the Salzburg * * * government allocated100,000 euros to fund the commemorative activities throughout the year, and an additional 7 million euros will be added later to cross the St.? The former residence of Mozart's grandmother in Gilgen town was restored. It is predicted that in 2006, the number of tourists visiting Salzburg will reach 5 million to 7 million, and the number of tourists staying overnight in Salzburg will reach 2 million.
The first half of 2006 coincided with Austria's rotating presidency of the European Union. The European Union also generously donated 500,000 euros to commemorate Mozart, and held various commemorative activities in Salzburg, Vienna and augsburg (the birthplace of Mozart's father). German and Swiss radio stations also joined the activities to commemorate Mozart's 250th anniversary, and specially invited the famous Austrian dramatist Klaus? In 2006, Brandon recited a Mozart diary or letter on the radio every day.
Jia Jianxin, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Austria
(Editor Alina Zhang)