Beethoven and Mozart at the Imperial Forums — Ancient Rome

About the Event

Experience classical music by two of the greatest composers at Rome's Chiesa Santa Maria di Loreto, located near Trajan's Forum on the ruins of Trajan's Temple, built by Emperor Hadrian in the second century.

Here you can admire the fabulous octagonal architecture and the famous altarpiece, one of the most valuable works by Pietro Vannucci, known as Il Perugino.

The small distance between the audience and the musicians makes the concert particularly exciting! The beauty of the place and the enchanting music make the venue a multi‐sensory experience!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Perhaps the most important composer of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the late 18th century. Born in 1756 in Salzburg, he showed prodigious musical talent from childhood. Beginning at five years of age, he composed more than 600 works, including concertos, symphonies, religious works and operas before his premature death at the age of 35. Hi influence over successive generations cannot be overestated — Ludwig van Beethoven wrote of Mozart 'posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years”. Despite the immense success of his compositions, and the acclaim he received across Europe, Mozart achieved little financial security and rwas buried in an unmarked grave in Vienna's St Marx Cemetery.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German pianist and composer of the late 18th century. He is well known as the most influential composers of all time as well as crucial figure to the Classical music scene. In fact, he demonstrated his musical talent at an early age, taking lessons from his father and composer/conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. Later, he moved to Vienna where he gained the reputation of a virtuoso pianist by composing his popular masterpieces. He created his most admired works in his last 15 years of life, all the while being almost completely deaf.