Mozart My favorite composer is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was born on January 27th 1756 and lived only 35 years, since he died on December 5th 1791. I've been listening to his music since I was a child and I've always loved it. Mozart wrote a lot of compositions of many genres: operas, sacred music, symphonies, concertos, chamber music and so forth. I have the impression that Mozart's music has the extraordinary capability to express all human emotions. And it's never obvious or banal. For example, even a joyful and apparently simple piece suddenly has a minor modulation bringing in the music a gentle shadow of nostalgic sadness. The effect is simply wonderful.