Become a private donor and join the Friends Association
Your contribution makes the difference!
Take advantage of the exclusive advance purchase right for concert tickets. You will receive advance information on the upcoming programs from the festival’s management, and will enjoy mutual feedback with other enthusiastic Mozartfest friends.
The general meeting with presentation of the 2023 season will be held at the end of the year. More information will follow.
FRIENDS
all natural persons | Annual subscription 200 €
- Advance information on the program from the festival’s management
- Exclusive special advance sales
- Tickets for promenade seats at the »Nachtmusik« can be reserved in advance
- Invitation to the balance sheet press conference before »Jupiternacht«
- Opportunities to take part in special events
- Free admission to the MozartLab
YOUNG FRIENDS
Schoolchildren | vocational college students | apprentices | students | all max. until the age of 27; after that automatic transfer to the FRIENDS category | Annual subscription 45 €
- Advance information on the program from the festival’s management
- Exclusive special advance sales
- Free admission to the MozartLab
- 2 vouchers for promenade seats at the »Nachtmusik«
- General: 50 % discount + last-minute tickets for 12 €
TRIAL FRIENDS
New members – on request for trying out a membership in the year of joining and in the full following calendar year – after that automatic transfer to the FRIENDS category | Annual subscription 100 €
- Advance information on the program from the festival’s management
- Exclusive special advance sales
- Free admittance to the MozartLab
- Last-minute tickets for 12 €
SUPPORTERS
Natural persons who wish to give special support to the Mozartfest | Annual subscription 1500 € per year
- Advantages as for FRIENDS
- Invitation to the sponsors’ lounge and the corresponding concert for two persons
- Invitation to the program press conference in December
- Invitations to selected dress rehearsals and previews
In the Mozartfest 2023, there will again be exclusive additional dates for members of the Friends Association, such as a rehearsal visit, guided tour of the outside broadcast van, champagne reception at the Nachtmusik, intermission lounge at selected Kaisersaal concerts etc. The exact events and dates are yet to be communicated.
Mozart's »Würzburgbrief« to his wife Constanze as facsimile edition
On September 28, 1790, in a letter to his wife Constanze, Mozart describes a six-day trip to the coronation celebrations of Leopold II in Frankenfurt am Main. He also mentions the tasty cup of coffee in Würzburg, which is often referred to today when talking about the »Mozartfest« and its connection to Mozart: »In Würzburg we also strengthened our stomachs with coffee, a beautiful, magnificent city«.
In 1921, »Mozart« was celebrated for the first time in the state rooms of the »Mozart« residence, which was a royal Bavarian residence until 1918. The anniversary gives reason to exhibit Mozart's letter on the occasion of the anniversary in Würzburg and also to facsimile it. The valuable original of the letter is in the Hebrew National Library in Jerusalem and can now be viewed exclusively as a full-size facsimile.
Professor Ulrich Konrad, holder of the Chair of Musicology I at the University of Würzburg, has for the first time completely reconstructed Mozart's journey to the mega-event of an emperor's coronation on the basis of this letter, thus documenting the practical life of the time from a socio-historical perspective. Remarkable for the history of the city is the fact that Würzburg already had nine coffee houses at that time. Mozart's »Würzburgbrief« is thus available in a language understandable to today's readers and also in an English translation.
The Friends Association publishes a special edition limited to 200 numbered copies, which can be obtained from the Friends for a minimum donation of 50 Euros. The limited edition will be offered exclusively to the members of the Friends Association until 13.12.2020 and will be sent to the donors after receipt of the donation amount. The donation account at the Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg is: IBAN DE46 7905 0000 0000 0443 21
50 Roman numbered and hand-bound luxury copies in a red casket, signed by the Lord Mayor of Würzburg, Christian Schuchardt, the Director of the Mozartfest, Evelyn Meining, and the author of the commentary, Professor Dr. Ulrich Konrad, can be purchased at a later date. Part of this VIP edition is intended for the patron of the 2021 anniversary celebration and other guests of honor such as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Interview with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Konrad
He really finds Würzburg »official«, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote in a letter. Ulrich Konrad from the University of Würzburg learned a great deal about Mozart's travel comfort and the exact circumstances from the letter. The article can be heard in full length on BR Klassik.
Restoration of the Steinway piano
Thanks to a 12,000 € donation, the Mozartfest's Steinway piano was refurbished in 2018 (25,000 € value).
We would like to thank:
Dr. Wolfgang Appel | Dr. Torsten Betzel | Waltraud Birl | Armin Blattner | Bürgerstiftung Würzburg und Umgebung | Wilhelm Fuchs | Ellen Götschel | Jutta M. Haas | Prof. Dr. Otmar Issing | Franz Erich Kollroß | Stefan und Amélie Kratz | Helge-Katrin Macgregor | Kurtz Holding GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG | Stefan und Lucia Rühling | Dr. Werner Schiek | Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg | Dr. Reinhart Stumpf | Prof. Dr. Klaus und Regine Toyka | Karl Wagner | Dr. Claus und Petra Zimmermann and five more donors who chose to remain anonymous.