Diapason absolute pitch

Six Curious Facts about Perfect Pitch

The term “perfect pitch” indicates the ability to identify the pitch of a musical tone without an external reference pitch. The first studies about the perfect … Read more

Romeo and Juliet

The Most Tragic Love Stories in the Opera: an anti-Valentine’s day listicle

For our lovelorn and cynical readers, we prepared a list of the most ill-fated and unfortunate couples in opera, which include triangles, deception, incest and … Read more

oscar season 2015

The Modern Music of Film: 5 Scores Not To Be Missed During Oscar Season

Many in the modern era mourn, what they perceive to be, the death of “classical” music. The illustrious swells of symphony, orchestral and magnificent are … Read more

classical musicians who died in 2014

2014 In Memoriam: Classical Musicians We Lost This Year

    Alexander Ivashkin, Russian cellist, 65 Alexander Ivashkin, cellist, conductor, writer, festival director, performed in more than 40 countries, including over 50 world premieres. … Read more