The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contains all the elements of myth: the child prodigy performing for kings and emperors, the genius who seemed to compose effortlessly while others laboured, the tragically early death leaving masterpieces unfinished. Yet behind the legend was a real person who worked extraordinarily hard, faced genuine struggles, and transformed European music in ways still felt today. Mozart lived only 35 years, but in that brief span he produced over 600 compositions of such quality and variety that he remains, centuries later, among the most performed and beloved composers in the classical repertoire...