Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756. He was a child prodigy and could play the violin and piano at a very early age. He started composing music when he was 5 years old.

Listen to Simon Watterton playing Turkish March by Mozart

On Mozart’s birthday, Mr Watterton told us all about Mozart and he performed a variety of music by Mozart for the piano.

We dressed up and danced a minuet.

One of the children had also composed a piece of music for the clarinet. She performed this with Mr Watterton on the piano. Click here to listen to her composition.

We then celebrated Mozart’s birthday by eating a delicious Mozart cake!