The Maria Anna Mozart Concert Tour is setting out to bring one of history’s most extraordinary untold stories to concert halls across Australia, shining a timely spotlight on the persistent gender gap in classical music programming.
Inspired by the AACTA Award-winning documentary Mozart’s Sister, the tour will feature orchestras and ensembles nationwide performing the film’s powerful original score live, composed by one of Australia’s most celebrated composers, Jessica Wells, with visuals from director Madeleine Hetherton-Miau.
In 2025, only 14.6% of works performed by Australian orchestras were composed by female or gender diverse composers. The Maria Anna Mozart Concert Tour is a direct response to that challenge, drawing on the story of Maria Anna Nannerl Mozart, whose extraordinary talent was erased by the conventions of her time.
Presented as an immersive visual concert, each performance combines excerpts from the AACTA award-winning film Mozart’s Sister, live orchestral performance, and live narration to re-tell Maria Anna Mozart’s remarkable life.
Sydney Youth Orchestras will bring this story to a new generation, featuring The Peter Seymour Orchestra conducted by James Pensini and The Richard Gill Chamber Orchestra conducted by Kate Morgan.
The tour is presented with support from Create NSW and the Mindaroo Foundation.
