Conductor Ian Page has established an outstanding reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. He is the founder and artistic director of The Mozartists (formerly Classical Opera), and is the creative driving force behind MOZART 250, a ground-breaking project which between 2015 and 2041 is exploring the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and influences. His numerous recordings have attracted widespread international acclaim, and include an ongoing complete cycle of the Mozart operas and a ‘Sturm und Drang’ series. His latest recording of Gluck’s arias with celebrated mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg has recently won Best Recording at the International Opera Awards. Read more…
NEXT CONCERT
Sturm und Drang
24 September, 7.30pm – Wigmore Hall, London
Friedrich Klinger’s play Sturm und Drang, which retrospectively gave its name to the emotionally turbulent movement that swept through literature, art and music in the 1760s and 1770s, was written 250 years ago in 1776. To mark this anniversary, Ian Page and The Mozartists present a characteristically dynamic and highly-charged programme, culminating with Haydn’s celebrated and darkly dramatic ‘Farewell’ Symphony.
Latest news
‘Sturm und Drang’, Volume 4
Out on 18 September 2026
This recording is the fourth in a projected seven-volume series exploring the so-called ‘Sturm und Drang’ movement that swept through music and other art forms between the early 1760s and the late 1780s.
Conductor Ian Page has established an outstanding reputation as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. He is the founder and artistic director of The Mozartists (formerly Classical Opera), and is the creative driving force behind MOZART 250, a ground-breaking project which between 2015 and 2041 is exploring the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and influences. Read more…
NEXT CONCERT
Sturm und Drang
24 September, 7.30pm – Wigmore Hall, London
Friedrich Klinger’s play Sturm und Drang, which retrospectively gave its name to the emotionally turbulent movement that swept through literature, art and music in the 1760s and 1770s, was written 250 years ago in 1776. To mark this anniversary, Ian Page and The Mozartists present a characteristically dynamic and highly-charged programme, culminating with Haydn’s celebrated and darkly dramatic ‘Farewell’ Symphony.
Latest news
‘Sturm und Drang’, Volume 4
Out on 18 September 2026
This recording is the fourth in a projected seven-volume series exploring the so-called ‘Sturm und Drang’ movement that swept through music and other art forms between the early 1760s and the late 1780s.