In recent years, the Mostly Mozart Festival has expanded its focus beyond the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. In 2008, Mostly Mozart welcomes composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho, whose stunning oratorio La Passion de Simone will receive its U.S. premiere.
Highlights of the 2008 Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center will include:
- Samoan-born theater-artist and choreographer Lemi Ponifasios magnificent Requiem
- Australian artist Lynette Wallworths installations that connect the viewer with the natural and virtual world through touch and technology
- The auspicious debuts of a new generation of conductors, including twenty-something French phenom Lionel Bringuier and British sensation Edward Gardner
- The returns of such revered artists as the Emerson String Quartet, and pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
Ticket prices vary by event. [http://www.lincolncenter.org/asc_load_screen.asp?screen=Mostly_Mozart_Festival_Offers]Special package offers are available.[/link]
Tickets for the 2008 Mostly Mozart Festival are available through CenterCharge at 212.721.6500 or online at www.LincolnCenter.org.

