Mozart Week

Salzburg

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Mozart Week

Second only to the Summer Festival in preeminence, Mozart Week is one of the major musical highlights in Salzburg. Since 1956, the Mozarteum Foundation has hosted this festival on and around 27 January, Mozart’s birthday, providing a stage for Austrian and international artists and musicians.

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addressStiftung Mozarteum, Theatergasse 2, Salzburg
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