Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

How do you even begin to tackle the weight of Mozart’s heritage on music as a whole ? Not just German music of the eighteenth century, not just classical music, but the very notion of composed music. His virtuosity on the piano made him a child prodigy, but he is mostly remembered for the immortal pieces he left. He wrote in a lot of different forms, exploring a wide range of emotions. There would be too many highlights to mention here, but operas such as Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Giovanni will most likely still be performed in five centuries from now.