A One-Act Concert for Little Ones<\/p>\n
Soft rugs will be waiting in the first-floor foyer for those who come to listen to one part of the educational concert \u201cLittle Mozart,\u201d and we invite you to make yourselves comfortable on them together with your little ones up to three years old. We strive to ensure that everyone at this concert not only feels comfortable but also has a great time. Some will be able to listen quietly to the music and the stories about it told by Monika Longo, a musician and educator with the KVMT Symphony Orchestra, while safely nestled in the arms of their parents or guardians. Others might dare to explore the new theater environment on all fours or standing up. Still others might look for new friends or even rush to help the KVMT Symphony Orchestra musicians playing in the quartet. <\/p>\n
We have no doubt that when you attend the \u201cLittle Mozart\u201d concert, you\u2019ll be amazed at how quickly even babies and toddlers learn to appreciate classical music and respond to it by trying to move to the rhythm of the music, and joining in with the musicians\u2019 live performances with joyful squeals, babbling, or melodious cooing. The usual rules of conduct for classical music concerts do not apply to the audience at this concert, but this in no way affects the quality of the program or the musical performance: we strive to captivate the attention of our young audience with masterpieces of the highest-quality classical music, performed by professional musicians. <\/p>\n
As we know from the history of music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756\u20131791) was only five years old when he began composing music on his own\u2014he learned to read musical notation before he could read and write letters. By the age of six, he was already performing as a virtuoso soloist at the imperial court, playing not only the harpsichord and organ but also the violin and viola with great skill. At the age of seven, together with his father Leopold and his older sister Maria Anna (Nanerle), he set out on his first concert tour of Europe; at the age of ten he composed his first opera, and three years later, as a teenager, he was appointed Kapellmeister\u2014conductor of the orchestra\u2014at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg, his native Austrian city. Because of his exceptional musical talent at such a young age, he was called a wunderkind\u2014\u201ca child prodigy.\u201d The concert features excerpts from the First String Quartet, composed by the 14-year-old at the Salzburg court, and the Divertimento, written when he was 16, as well as the famous Minuet composed around the same time by the Italian composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini (1743\u20131805). Mozart admired this composer in his youth. We will also hear three movements from Mozart\u2019s popular serenade for strings, *A Little Night Music*, composed when he was in his thirties, as well as a dance\u2014the contradance *The Battle*\u2014written for orchestra. Although the composer\u2019s star was destined to fade just a few years later, even this music of his sounds extraordinarily clear, simple, and sincere. <\/p>\n
Research conducted by scientists shows that listening to classical music\u2014and Mozart\u2019s works in particular\u2014has a positive impact on children\u2019s achievements and promotes the development of young children with congenital disorders or disabilities. Melodies composed by Mozart have long been recognized by music therapy and psychology specialists as not only educational but also therapeutic. So we invite the whole family\u2014parents, grandparents, and caregivers\u2014along with their wonderful little ones\u2014to their first encounter with classical music. Experience the magical, healing power of music, which awakens even the most unexpected abilities in little ones! <\/p>\n