Seven Essential Things to Consider Before Becoming a Musician
Making a career choice can be tough, and it’s no different for musicians. While some will be lucky enough to have been identified as child … Read more
CLASSICAL
Ethan Hawke’s Documentary About Pianist Seymour Bernstein in Theatres This Month
Actor Ethan Hawke is paying homage to pianist Seymour Bernstein, a largely unknown artist, with his first documentary Seymour: An Introduction. As NPR Classical summarizes … Read more
Eric Whitacre gives Miley Cyrus’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ a choral makeover
During the 2014 iTunes festival, award-winning composer Eric Whitacre wowed the audience with a choral version of Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball, with the participation of … Read more
Dueling Piano Siblings Perform “Frozen” Playing Backwards
Sara starts off on the piano by herself, but it isn’t long before Jason tries to get in on the act. Sara gains the upper … Read more
“Bach in the Subways” Bringing New Audiences to Classical Music
In 2010, New York-based cellist Dale Henderson began playing the cello suites of Johan Sebastian Bach in subway stations around the city. His aim was … Read more
This Is Perhaps The Youngest String Quartet Ever: The Joyous String Quartet
Based in Long Island, these kids have apparently been playing together since they were four years old, and have made TV appearances in Korean and … Read more
Seven Most Interesting Facts About Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
There are classical composers who represent the 20th century American sound more acutely and specifically than Samuel Barber does, but no other who has come … Read more
How to become a great composer in 10 steps
If you’ve been slaving over your sheet music, listening to non-stop Mozart for some inspiration, or spending hours on end at the piano trying to … Read more
Yet Another US Orchestra Faces Financial Difficulties
The American Symphony Orchestra, founded over fifty years ago in 1962, has become the latest musical organisation in the United States to confront financial problems. … Read more
With ‘I want you Bach’, The Piano Guys mingle Bach with Jackson 5
The Piano Guys did it again. After combining Ants Marching with Ode to Joy and Let it Go with Vivaldi’s Winter, they now present “I Want … Read more
Beethoven’s 5th Performed as Salsa
Norwegian musician Sverre Indris Joner leads a group of musicians to combine Beethoven’s Fifth with Salsa music, the result being a very spicy arrangement of … Read more
Six Must-Haves of Newly Released Albums
• Héroïque: French Opera Arias – Bryan Hymel and the Prague Philharmonia, Cond. Emmanuel Villaume The popularity and artistic success of American tenor Bryan Hymel … Read more
Music by the Moonlight: the Greatest Moon-Inspired Classical Masterpieces
The earliest depiction of the Moon is a 5000-year-old rock carving at Knowth, Ireland, and it would be wrong not to mention Vincent van Gogh’s … Read more
Watch Malvyn Lai, 9, perform Chopin’s Fantaisie Impromptu
The piano prodigy hails from San Diego and is nine years old. Malvyn Lai, whose family comes from Taiwan, spends two hours a day practicing, … Read more
Contribution of Women Musicians to Symphony Orchestras
It has only been since the 20th century that women musicians have gained acceptance into the traditionally male symphony orchestras. This hesitancy had a lot … Read more