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Biography
The Mostly Mozart Festival is a summer series of concerts held at Lincoln Center in New York City . Currently, the artistic director is Jane Moss while the music director is Louis Langrée . In 2006, it celebrated its 40th anniversary and the 250th anniversary of its namesake Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's birth. As it has done for many years, it is performing many of "Mozart's works and also a variety of musical works created after his death that were inspired and influenced by his genius".Moss, Jane; Langrée, Louis. On Anniversaries . Mostly Mozart Festival July 28 - August 26, 2006 PLAYBILL.
History
Co-founded by impresario Jay K. Hoffman and William Lockwood, Midsummer Serenades - A Mozart Festival began on August 1, 1966. http://www.jaykhoffman.com/aboutus/who_we_are.htm This program, made possible by Lincoln Center's new, air conditioning|air-conditioned halls , would eventually turn into what is today the Mostly Mozart Festival. On January 27, 1991, The Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center opened with concerts held at Avery Fisher Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House . It was the world's largest and most comprehensive tribute to the life and works of Mozart. http://www.lincolncenter.org/aboutLC/archive_history70s.asp? session=ECD1& version=& ws=& bc=99 The 2009 festival will take place from July 28-August 22 at various venues around Lincoln Center.
