Interview with pianist and composer Angelo Rapan
Pianist and composer Angelo Rapan recently released his debut album, Songs of Leaving. This work, which blends new age with a strictly classical background, tells … Read more
Angelica Frey
Video Game Music is an Ally to Classical Music
Classical music participation in the US suffered a 29 percent dip in the last twenty years, and, since 2010, the orchestras of Philadelphia, Louisville, and … Read more
Eager for something different? Try the Lippens keyboard
In the late 1880s. Paul von Janko introduced an innovative keyboard which was meant to overcome the limitations of the traditional piano, namely the geometry … Read more
The Sea Organ in Zadar is the True Expression of the Music of the Sea
How do you picture the music of the sea? Debussy had fashioned a combination of traditional orchestral work and impressionistic harmonies, Sibelius honored the legendary … Read more
Watch Composer David Housden talk about the making of a video game soundtrack
What is the creative process behind the composition of video game soundtracks? Eurogamer tries to answer that by interviewing David Housden, a BAFTA-nominated composer. You … Read more
Interview with artistic director and choreographer Austin McCormick
This eclectic mix comes with a solid foundation of baroque dance, which McCormick has been pursuing since he was eight on top of a ballet … Read more
At the Ping Pong concerto, bouncing balls and instruments play in unison
Despite the fact that musicians are adopting a more contemporary approach to classical music (do you remember Anne Sophie Mutter’s stint with a GoPro or … Read more
3 Questions with Anneleen Lenaerts, Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic
Back in 2011, Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts, now a soloist at the Vienna Philharmonic, recorded an album containing harp arrangements of Chopin’s and Liszt’s most … Read more
Watch Yo Yo Ma and Misty Copeland perform for Stephen Colbert
At The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert, principal dancer Misty Copeland discussed her upcoming documentary, A Ballerina’s Tale and her stand when it comes … Read more
How the London Symphony Orchestra recorded the soundtrack of Candy Crush Soda Saga
Candy Crush is undoubtedly a commuter’s best friend: rows of green, purple and golden-colored candies fill up smartphone screens and lighten up the mood even … Read more
Rhapsody in Blue is the Musical Kaleidoscope of America
“What is American music?” read the headline of an article appearing on the January 4th, 1924 edition of the New York Tribune: such article was … Read more
L.A. Philharmonic offers free Virtual Reality performances of Beethoven’s Fifth
Have you ever hoped you could be so immersed in a music performance that you were actually able to discern the slightest eye movement of … Read more
Unique photo revealed: is this Mozart’s wife, Constanze?
While there is plenty of pictorial evidence depicting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—as a child sitting by his piano and as an adult wearing his signature red … Read more
R. I. P. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, the acclaimed British neurologist who extensively studied the effects of music on the brain died on August 30th after battling cancer for the … Read more
William Schimmel gave a distilled reinterpretation of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
With four movements known as Andante, Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb, Rondo Burleske: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig, and Adagio. Sehr … Read more