When was it that the idea of writing «Mozart in the Future» came to your mind? What was it that made you start writing the book?
I had to visit the Brazilian consulate in Vienna in order to sign a legal document. I wasn’t very happy to travel since the journey takes several hours. But then I took the chance and visited the houses of the great composers such as Beethoven, Strauss, Händel, and, of course, Mozart whose house was the last one I visited. I have always been listening to Mozart a lot. I adore and love his music. During all of my three pregnancies I always listened to Mozart. And now my children love Mozart, too. So I visited Mozart’s house and I left crying. That was so emotional. It is so moving to be inside his house. The house where the greatest composer of all times used to live. On the way home I only thought about him. I thought about the fact that he actually never had a childhood. He spent the nights in so many different places traveling in a carriage from one concert to another. There was no time to have a childhood. Then I though about how it would be if he could spend some time with us. Of course, I would make a Sacher tart for him, and he would be able to play with other children. I could go skiing, going down a slope on a sled, have a soft drink and eat a hamburger. So I started to write the book «Mozart in the Future».
