Music affects concentration in men more than women
New research suggests that background music has a greater impact on men’s ability to concentrate than women. Imperial College and the Royal College of Music … Read more
New research suggests that background music has a greater impact on men’s ability to concentrate than women. Imperial College and the Royal College of Music … Read more
Christmas music has been playing on radio stations and in stores now for at least a month, meaning that you’ve probably heard all the seasonal … Read more
A German commission tasked with ruling on whether works of art or other cultural items were seized from their owners during Nazi rule has concluded … Read more
April Martin’s route to songwriting is anything but conventional. Having secured a psychology PHD and built a successful career in New York (and still maintaining … Read more
Historical records suggest that Beethoven began music lessons with Joseph Haydn on 12 December, 1792, shortly after his arrival in Vienna. While it is unclear … Read more
Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will begin a youth programme for young musicians in China next month. He will serve as artistic director for the two-week … Read more
Chopin’s Minute Waltz usually takes between 90 seconds and two minutes to perform. But one pianist has taken the title of the work literally and … Read more
Murray Perahia is considered one of the leading interpreters of J.S. Bach’s music. The pianist began a series of video blogs looking in turn at … Read more
North Carolina-based singer-songwriter Matt Townsend has chosen an apt title for his first of two EPs. Townsend draws on folk, indie and rock styles to … Read more
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who won the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year award in May, has been given a lifelong loan of a 1610 Amati cello. … Read more
The list of nominees for the Grammies was released on Wednesday, with the awards ceremony set for February 2017. Classical music will be represented in … Read more
The community of Winters, California, has an interesting way of getting rid of its old pianos. So much so that the piano drop appears to … Read more
Dubai Opera was staging Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker until 10 December 2016 on ice. Take a look at how they got the performance area ready for the … Read more
The Mariinsky Orchestra performed the Funeral Song by Igor Stravinsky on 2 December, marking only the second time the work has been performed since its … Read more
Miami is the latest city to participate in an innovative new project which aims to create a symphony using sounds recorded by residents of a … Read more