Animation and lighting display accompany Bach’s music
Sinfini Music has produced an interesting twist to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier which combines animation and lighting to enhance the music, played by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. … Read more
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How the Multi-Story Orchestra has transformed a car park in to a concert hall
If you’re sick of attending performances in the usual environment of a concert hall, there’s no reason to let that stop you from seeing good … 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 U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Preserves Colonial Music and History
Fife and drum corps ensembles are familiar sights during the Fourth of July celebrations and other patriotic special events. These small groups of military musicians … Read more
Soviet Airliner Doubles As Musical Instrument
Technology that takes music and machines formerly purposed for other endeavors and combines them into something transformational has hit Moscow. At the recent Polytech Festival, … Read more
Who Wrote the Music for ‘God Save The Queen’ and ‘America’?
The national anthem for the United Kingdom, God Save The Queen (King), and the patriotic song, America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee), are set to … 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
Grad Student Uses Music to Help Heal the Brain
Don Vaughn, a PHD candidate at UCLA in the United States, is carrying out research that seeks to identify a link between listening to music … Read more
Take Google’s virtual tour of Abbey Road studios
Abbey Road is arguably the most famous music recording studio, and now you can take a virtual tour around the premises thanks to Google. Some … Read more
15 Ways to Know You’re Meant to Be a Music Teacher
Some people know very early on that teaching is for them, whether its because they like working with children, encouraging people to learn new things, … Read more
Iranian Designer Wins Award by Inventing Brand New Musical Instrument – The Celloridoo
If you’ve ever felt like you wanted to take up a musical instrument but couldn’t make up your mind what to play, Aidin Ardjomandi’s new … 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
How About Building a Grand Piano from Scratch?
A group of students from Virginia in the US are involved in a school project which aims to build a piano from scratch. The science, … Read more
Pianist brings hope through music in Syrian war-ravaged neighbourhood
As the civil war in Syria rages on, a 27-year-old pianist has begun to draw attention for his determination to bring music to a war-torn … 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