Though Mozart’s considerable body of musical work continues to be celebrated more than 250 years after his birth, the path of his success in life was not always easy. As any Mozart biography details, Mozart was born into a musical family in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He was brought up around music, and took an early interest in it, reportedly composing small pieces of music by the time he was five or six. At age six, he and his older sister were already performing in courts around Europe.However, Mozart, as an adult was not without his difficulties, most especially as they centered around his ability to find and hold on to a suitable post. Despite this, over his short 35 years, he composed more than 20 operas, 30 concerts with piano and violin, 20 sonatas and 50 symphonies.