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17.02.2023
Black composers showcased in new choral anthology
Music from the anthology has been recorded by London Voices, conducted by Shivani Rattan and produce...
13.02.2023
The most expensive piano
It sold for $3.4 million to an anonymous buyer at Bonham’s Auction House in New York in 2014
09.02.2023
The Carnival of the Animals
We can find barking dogs and spring-happy birds in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, donkey sounds in Mend...
06.02.2023
Luigi Boccherini a truly classical composer
Boccherini’s music has been used in all sorts of unlikely places, including on the soundtrack to the...
31.01.2023
Europe's biggest new concert hall organ launches
The organ is built in the French Symphonic style, and is inspired by the instruments in Rouen Cathed...
30.01.2023
Riopy
“Sometimes I can’t find the words to express myself, but music is the deepest connection to emotions...
24.01.2023
AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS AS CONDUCTOR
In order to prepare for her role as the fictional conductor, composer, and pianist, Lydia Tár, Blanc...
10.01.2023
Amazing Facts about Haydn
By one estimate, he composed over 340 hours of music, more than Mozart, Beethoven, Handel or Bach.
19.12.2022
Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center
In 2022, he returned to the Kennedy Center to honour the late American politician.
14.12.2022
Croatia’s national anthem
‘Our Beautiful Homeland’ has swept the country for hundreds of years.
09.12.2022
A female composer from the Victorian era
Over the course of her career, Clarke wrote more than 100 pieces
