Tag: Classical music

Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

pioneering Hungarian composer who fused folk melodies with classical music

pioneering Hungarian composer who fused folk melodies with classical music

Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?

Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?

‘She’s just hitting a triangle?’ Why being a percussionist is harder – and more crucial – than you may think

‘She’s just hitting a triangle?’ Why being a percussionist is harder – and more crucial – than you may think

Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this

Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this

Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda

Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda

Best of BGT Opera Auditions – Video

Best of BGT Opera Auditions – Video

US music education has a history of anti-Blackness that is finally being confronted

US music education has a history of anti-Blackness that is finally being confronted

A long-dead soprano has taken to the stage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Are holograms the future?

A long-dead soprano has taken to the stage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Are holograms the future?

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies in cinema – and why Maestro’s Symphony No.2 and Tár’s Symphony No.5 sound so different

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies in cinema – and why Maestro’s Symphony No.2 and Tár’s Symphony No.5 sound so different

Who was Leonard Bernstein, the man at the centre of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro?

Who was Leonard Bernstein, the man at the centre of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro?

Music painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later

Music painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later