Background
Eberl was born in Vienna and studied piano and composition from several teachers, including Mozart.
Eberl was born in Vienna and studied piano and composition from several teachers, including Mozart.
Besides being an outstanding composer, he was a pianist of the first rank and toured throughout Europe. He wrote well over 200 works in nearly every genre. Two of his piano concertos, op 32 & 40 were recorded in 2011 for CPO by Die Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens with Paolo Giacometti and Riko Fukuda as soloists.
His concerto for two pianos operation
43 was recorded by the same team and will be released in 2014. His Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Operation
36, has been described by Professor Maurice Hinson as "one of the most valuable trios written for this combination during the classical period."
There was no composer whose works were more frequently passed off as Mozart"s than Eberl. Even more surprising was the documented fact that there was no protest from Mozart against the use of his name on Eberl"s compositions.
Eberl, a friend and student of the great man, did mind but was too timid to take action until after Mozart had died.