The Mozarteum is located next to the Mirabell Gardens and has 2 concert halls: the Great Hall with 791 seats and the Wiener Hall with 196 seats. The art deco building dates from 1914. In the charmingly old-fashioned entrance foyer you find the cloakroom and the staircases. There is a nice recently built foyer with buffet. During the Mozart Woche 2023 we came for the Hagen Quartet and 2 chamber orchestra performances. All three concerts were almost sold out. The Hagen Quartet nicely performed KV80, and the Preußisches Streichquartett KV587 & KV590. Recommended. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Orozco-Estrada performed 29 Symphony KV210, the Prague Symphony KV504, and with Seong-Jin Cho Piano Concerto KV466. The orchestra was professional and Orozco-Estrada was a disaster. Swinging back & forth he drove the orchestra to 90dB. So loud that all Mozart’s finesse disappeared. Orozco-Estrada is better in place by directing a Motown orchestra in a football stadium. Pianist Seong-Jin Cho splendidly saved the show. The next day the Freiburger Barockorchester was a relief. They played brilliantly with Kristian Bezuidenhout on Hammerklavier and performed 10 Symphony KV74, the Jeunehomme Concert KV271, Rondo KV386 and 25 Symphony KV183. Highly recommended. As always the Salzburg’ audience left a nice impression.

We attended a concert. The venue is easy to find and the concert hall is beautiful. The catering facilities were very good. The only reasons for this review not being 5* was the temperature in the hall which was very warm and the wooden seating which became a bit uncomfortable after an hour or so. Could the seats be cushioned?