Yesterday, I attended the first day of the NHK Symphony Orchestra's 2073rd Subscription Concert.This was the second ...

It was the venerable Ludwig van Beethoven who said, “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” Passion is the word commonly used to describe the 2026 Howling ...

Franz Liszt said that Beethoven kissed him on the forehead after a performance in Vienna. Documents confirm their meeting, ...

We united with the ambition of performing this mighty piece by Beethoven. I was astonished at the talent of these string players but even more so of the sound of which my instrument was part. How I ...

I cannot read sheet music. I cannot play any instruments. Even so, I have created 79 piano performance data (MIDI) files ...

Yet I’ve never featured Chuck Berry, though he’s mentioned frequently throughout this series. Serendipitously, Oct. 18 is his birthday, so this week’s spotlight is right on time. Though Berry passed ...

Known for monumental symphonies, the classical giant also wrote a teaching piece that you could easily miss in a sneeze.

Peoples Giordano Bellincampi and Auckland Philharmonia, 2024 Opera in Concert production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde in ...

Celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month by getting to know these composers whose mark on classical music has continued to shape the industry and push the art form to represent citizens of the ...

From the art style to Snoopy acting more like a dog, Charlie Brown and his friends were quite different in the early Peanuts comics.

The WSO programme brochure tells us the opera was The Light of Asia, based on British philosopher Edwin Arnold’s western bid to popularise Bhuddism. In describing her style the brochure writer sees ...

From Bach’s sacred architecture to Debussy’s shimmering dreamscapes, these 21 masterpieces trace the piano’s evolution: a story of intellect, emotion, and invention that spans three centuries and ever ...