Old Music News of article 327613 for 2007-01-16

Mozart's 250th birthday gala drew 1.2M

AP - Mozart has a new record — and this one isn't pressed into vinyl. Organizers of last year's series of festivals, exhibitions, concerts and conferences to celebrate the 250th anniversary of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth said Tuesday the jubilee drew 1.2 million tourists to Austria — a record for a single festival.

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