"Mozart Lives”:
Out-reach Programs of the International Mozarteum Foundation

Dr. Ulrich Leisinger, International Mozarteum Foundation 

Despite its size and undisputed contribution to fostering cultural heritage, the market for classical music has always been limited and is nowadays often (dis-)regarded as elitist. However, the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, as the legitimate heir of the Mozart family and preserver of the largest collection of letters, portraits, musical instruments, and other artefacts relating to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is convinced that music can make a difference. It has made it its mission not only to promote Mozart’s music to the typical festival audience, but also to reach out to circles not normally exposed to classical music. These decades-long efforts include youth programs in Salzburg from kindergarten through high school (including a Mozart Children’s Orchestra) and educational programs in collaboration with professional partners abroad, particularly in South and Central America (among others, in Cuba and Columbia).

Dr. Ulrich Leisinger is the Director of the Research Department at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg and is the Executive Director of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe and the Digital Mozart Edition, a co-operation between the Mozarteum Foundation and the Packard Humanities Institute in Los Altos, California. He is also a member of the editorial board of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works. Before joining the Mozarteum Foundation he was a research fellow and deputy director of the Bach-Archiv Leipzig where he led the Forschungsprojekt Bach-Repertorium an der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften from 1993 to 2004. Mr. Leisinger studied mathematics, physics, musicology and philosophy at the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg. International experience includes a one-year scholarship in Brussels, two years of post-doctoral studies at Harvard University, and a visiting professorship at Cornell University.