What do a bassoon and a lion have in common? The Campaign “Save The Bassoon” tries to answer that
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
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How and how long should you practise? Violinist Itzhak Perlman weighs in
“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
This violin survived the sinking of the Titanic (almost) unscathed and will soon be on display
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
What does the same voice in 15 different environments sound like?
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
Listen to Leonardo da Vinci’s Forsaken Instrument: it sounds like a music ensemble
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
This version of Mozart’s Queen of the Night played on the erhu sounds as intense as the original
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
Have a look at Steinway’s Fibonacci-inspired Grand Piano: Music meets the golden ratio
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
What does the world’s largest playable violin sound like? [VIDEO]
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
Five Classical Pieces with the Golden Ratio
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
Can we write Bach’s music as functions? Yes
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 plays the works by Taylor Swift, Adele, Sia, Ed Sheeran, and Avicii like if they were pieces of classical music
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
Tête à Tête Opera Festival: Interview with artistic director Bill Bankes-Jones
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
Doesn’t this Drum Cover of Tritsch Tratsch Polka make you want to dance? Even if “you don’t dance”.
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
Watch Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C Major rendered as a beautiful digital animation
Is Bach the most “visual” composer ever? You may remember that the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, when it served as the opener of … Read more
The Moonlight Sonata played on the harp guitar sounds more wistful than the original
We all liked the romantic, longing and vaguely haunting tone of the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, which actually owns its name to a … Read more