Mozart Week

The Mozart Festival as a Spectacular Birthday Celebration

The Mozart Week has existed since 1956, when Salzburg celebrated Mozart's 200th birthday. Since then, the Mozart Festival has developed into the world's most important stage for Mozart's music: Every year around January 27 - Mozart's birthday - concerts, operas and chamber music fill the historic halls of the Mozarteum. Great conductors, renowned orchestras and celebrated soloists have shaped the festival's profile for decades. The focus is always on Mozart's work - pure, unadulterated and with the ambition to rediscover it again and again.

Mozart Week 2026: Villazón stages The Magic Flute

The highlights of the double anniversary: 2026 is all about Mozart's “eternal light”. The centerpiece is a new production of the opera “The Magic Flute”, staged by Rolando Villazón and conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, with stars such as Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night) and Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro). The opening talk “Mozart - Lux Æterna” kicks off the festival, followed by a festive concert by the Danish Chamber Orchestra under Ádám Fischer with mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo. Organ concerts under the title “The Queen of Instruments”, chamber music, puppet theater, film evenings and the interactive family format “The Magic Flute - Your Adventure” open up new perspectives on the composer. Accompanying special exhibitions in the Mozart museums round off the anniversary.

• To the program (in German)

FAQs

• What is the Mozart Week?
  Since 1956, the Mozarteum Foundation has organized the Mozart Week annually on the occasion of W.A. Mozart's birthday on 27 January. Mozart's music is at the centre of this event. Every year a new musical focus is set.
• When will the Mozart Week 2026 take place?
  From 22 January - 1 February 2026
• Where do the events take place?
  The venues are the Great Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation, the Vienna Hall of the Mozarteum Foundation, the Great Festival Theatre, the Rock Riding School, the House for Mozart, the Salzburg Puppet Theatre, the DomQuartier Salzburg, the Tanzmeistersaal in Mozart's residence, the Mozart Sound and Film Collection of the Mozarteum Foundation, the ARGEkultur, the Salzburg SCENE, Mozartplatz, Mozartkino as well as Mozart's birthplace and residence and the OVAL in Europark.
• How much do the tickets for the Mozart Week cost?
  Depending on the venue and category, tickets cost between € 15 and € 290. The concerts on Mozartplatz  are free of charge.