Young Romanian conductor and renowned psychologist produce “Symphony of Love”
For Symphony of Love, two conductors graced the stage of Auditorium Maximum in Cluj at the same time (worry you must not, there was only … Read more
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a GoPro Camera
Yellow Lounge is a series of events that proposes a winning combination, associating Classical Music with clubbing, and tries to introduce a younger audience to … Read more
Do you think that Nietzsche, as a composer, had a “divine fire”?
When we think of Friedrich Nietzsche, we associate that name with the current of Nihilism, works like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the theory of the übermensch, … Read more
These elephants ought to love Vivaldi
In preparation for the upcoming “Magical Nights” events, the violinists of the ORCW Orchestra played a selection of Classical music pieces to the zoo’s elephants. … Read more
Is this Zarathustra rendition an epic fail or the work of a genius?
Can you recognize it? It’s Also Sprach Zarathustra. Also Sprach Zarathustra, a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss in 1896 and inspired by Nietzsche’s novel … Read more
Watch The Cast of The Lion King and Aladdin perform at LaGuardia Airport
A six-hour flight delay is usually quite hard to swallow, especially because there’s only so much you can do at the gate area of any … Read more
Ten Classical Pieces to make the most of your workout
So you have been working out but you’re somehow tired of your Beyoncé-Rihanna-Arcade Fire-YouNameIt playlist and have no idea what to listen to next? Whether … Read more
Watch Screaming Baby’s Reaction to Hearing Dad’s Cello
This baby was crying at the top of his lungs when his father, Brazilian musician and music teacher Ricardo Meira decided to serenade him by … Read more
These Musicians performed Ode To Joy with their babies wrapped around their bodies
“Play date” has a completely new meaning for this group of musicians— some are professionals, some haven’t touched an instrument since high school. In fact, … Read more
Five Striking Similarities between Wagner’s Ring and Game of Thrones
Truth be told, the first literary work that comes to mind when thinking about Wagner’s Ring is The Lord of The Rings: both reference Nordic … Read more
Happy Birthday in Wagner—or Tristan— Style
Just in time for the Composer’s birthday, we found a version of a Happy Birthday performed in pure Wagner-like style. However, we found this rendition … Read more
Does the Musical Saw sound like an otherworldly Soprano?
Spooky, but beautiful, right? Also known as “singing saw,” the musical saw is capable of creating an ethereal tone very similar to the theremin, even … Read more
The Tiniest Grand Piano Ever
It’s a fact: all our tech devices are getting smaller and sleeker (with the exception of the headphones), so it should come to no surprise … Read more
Four Curious Facts About Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Before Tchaikovsky started composing ballet music, that genre mainly contained vapid stuff in Russia: usually it was little more than background music meant to display … Read more
Six Curious Facts About Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
With a body of work of 169 compositions, whose genres include symponies, concertos, operas, ballet, chamber music and even a choral setting of the Russian … Read more