A Remarkable Discovery at Lake Thun: New Images of the Mozart Child Prodigies?

A Remarkable Discovery at Lake Thun: New Images of the Mozart Child Prodigies?

LANGENTHAL, Switzerland, November 23/PRNewswire/ -- A hotel by the side of Lake Thun the Maggini-Foundation, of Langenthal
in Switzerland, has discovered two previously unknown Mozart pictures - a
rare double miniature painted on ivory.

Wolfgang is portrayed on one side, seated, and his sister Nannerl
(Marianna) on the other.

The two children were both painted in water-colour (Guoache) by the same
unknown but highly accomplished artist c. 1768.

The paintings have been examined by experts in the fields of art, music,
history and science to confirm their authenticity.

This discovery brings new images of the child prodigies into the public
view in time for the 250th anniversary celebrations of Mozart's birth on the
27th January 2006.

There will be an International Media Conference on:
9th December 2005 at 11.00 am in
The Marriott Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
In the Great Ballroom, 'Mozart'
marriott.zurich@marriotthotels.com
www.marriotthotels.com/zrhdt

The following experts will be present at the conference:

- Prof. Dr. Rudolph Angermuller

Former secretary-general of the International Foundation Mozarteum
Salzburg, Austria

- Prof. Dr. Manfred Hermann Schmid

Director Music-Scientifical Institute University of Tubingen, Germany

- Dr. Robert Keil

Art-scientist, Vienna

- Mr Harald Strebel

Vicepresident of the Mozart-Society Zurich, Switzerland

- Prof. Luzius Emanuel Wernly

President of the Maggini Foundation, Langenthal, Switzerland

maggini@gmx.ch; www.maggini-stiftung.ch

The media representatives will have the opportunity to ask questions.

The Amati Quartetto will play the Lodi string-quartetto KV80 which was
composed by Mozart when he was 15 years old.

In 2006 the paintings will be exhibited in Vienna, London and New York.

Contact:
Herr Luzius Emanuel Wernly, President
Maggini-Stiftung
Schweizerischer Streichinstrumentenverleih
CH-49010 Langenthal
Tel.: +41-62-919-60-30
Fax: +41-62-919-60-39
E-Mail: maggini@gmx.ch

Internet: www.maggini-stiftung.ch

Source: Maggini-Stiftung

Herr Luzius Emanuel Wernly, President, Maggini-Stiftung, Tel.: +41-62-919-60-30, Fax: +41-62-919-60-39, E-Mail: maggini@gmx.ch

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