Angelica Frey 
Autumn brings a welcome novelty to Manchester Bridgewater Hall, where the award-winning Hallé orchestra will perform selections of the finest examples of music of the … Read more
Everything is capable of making music, at least according to Catalan musician Xavi Lozano. Crutches, watering cans, brooms and chair, in fact, can “show us … Read more
What do a bassoon and a lion have in common? They are both endangered species, at least according to the campaign called Save The Bassoon, … Read more
“Practise slowly” is the most common advice violinist Itzhak Perlman gives children whenever they ask him for his autograph. Practising slowly, he continues on The … Read more
Let’s take a moment to talk about Titanic and the music associated with it. I am not talking about the sensual “Rose” theme or the … Read more
We typically associate the phrase “taking your voice on tour” with road trips, heartfelt performances on stage and, maybe, stage diving. Singer Joachim Müllner, however, … Read more
The Codex Atlanticus contains a plethora of interesting drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci: in it, the painter/engineer/genius/renaissance man drafted parachutes, hydraulic pumps and all sorts … Read more
If you are just a tiny bit like me, you must have more than a soft spot for Mozart’s Der Hölle Rache, the aria performed … Read more
Steinway and Sons has come a long way: it crafted 600.000 pianos and, to mark the occasion, furniture designer Frank Pollaro created The Fibonacci, a … Read more
It has bows, strings and is over four meters tall. Two musicians are required to move the bow which, in case you were wondering, is … Read more
During the fifth century BC, the Greeks determined that there was a proportion that recurred in geometry, nature and architecture, that embodied the quintessential concept … Read more
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offerings contains ten canons: in each of these, a musical line is played twice (four times in canon 10) and the … Read more
Brooklyn Duo, a duo composed by Brooklyn-based husband and wife Marnie and Patrick Laird, creates earworm-like covers of hits like “Someone Like You,” “All of … Read more
Since 1998, Tȇte à Tȇte has been re-imagining Classical and Romantic masterpieces while, at the same time, creating and showcasing a wide array of contemporary … Read more
Johann Strauss II was the absolute paragon in the art of composing “dance music” in the nineteenth century–his orchestra was very sought after both in … Read more