Classical music

The prolific French composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) showed her sense of rebellion at an early age by changing her name from Taillefesse as a rebuff to her father, who opposed her musical ambitions. For too long his work has…

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Photo: Hans Van Der Woerd) The Canadians took home two trophies at the 2022 Grammy Awards in the Classical Music Division, with several other wins in other categories. Superstar bandleader Yannick Nézet-Séguin…

Milos Karadaglic signed an exclusive long-term recording agreement with Sony Classical. The popular Montenegrin guitarist's debut album for the label will explore the Baroque repertoire and is slated for release in early…

Kansas Public Radio received a $100,000 donation from a longtime KPR donor and listener Don Marquis which will be used to create an endowment fund for classical music programming. Marquis requested that the fund be in memory of the former…

A venerable conductor, a veteran kathak entertainer and a Queen-worthy celebration top our short list of cultural offerings this weekend. Before you go, remember to call or check online for booking conditions and other COVID-19…

Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code," didn't have a TV or radio in his house growing up. His mother, a classical musician, and his father, a math teacher, encouraged the imagination, and so Brown read widely. Dr. Seuss was a…

Today, Newport Classical (formerly Newport Music Festival) announces its Newport Classical Music Festival 2022, from July 1-17, 2022.For its 54th season, the Newport Classical Music Festival presents 24 concerts over 18 days and will return…

Hollywood hosted the 94th Annual Academy Awards last night at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. It was a momentous occasion for all sorts of reasons, including the fact that the music awards weren't on the main show. The…

Such was the magic that had a delighted audience swaying in their seats as three music maestros took the stage in an emotional experience where Hindustani classical music was celebrated above all else. 'Surtaal 2' saw notable singers…

Zakir Hussain, Kala Ramnath and Jayanthi Kumaresh will reunite for the first time as a trio for the 2022 Triveni Tour. They will stop at The Egg in Albany on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m., as part of The Egg's Rhythm International series.These…

"It's exciting to perform again for live audiences. Live streaming was a necessary tool and it provided access throughout the pandemic. Nothing replaces the emotional exchange that occurs between artist and the audience during a live…

Whatever Leopold Stokowski's thirst for fame was, he was not known for giving in to public pressure. During his long tenure as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1912 to 1938, Stokowski gave the American premieres of scores as…

AAs Russia's patron saint of artists who create works of dissent under the noses of dictators, Shostakovich is a timely composer to turn to – more so than the Emerson Quartet could have imagined when they programmed a trio of concerts in…

Audiences will experience classical music performances by extremely gifted young musicians on Saturday, March 12, when the Texas Young Artists Music Competition culminates with the 2022 Finalists Concert and Awards.The program, which is…

There's no denying that the ukulele puts smiles on many faces and is loved by many famous musicians and celebrities, from the Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison to 1930s singer-songwriter George Formby and…

The Russian president's favorite musicians must expose the despotic ruler or history will be their judge. Music and politics don't mix. Except they do - almost always. The best composers and songwriters…

Robbie Williams will perform a track inspired by German classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later today and fans can't wait to see the Angels mash-upVideo loadingVideo unavailableThe video will…

It all started with the first easing of Covid restrictions in the summer of 2020. While major music venues remained closed, a small Clerkenwell-based venue called the Fidelio Café began hosting socially distant performances from…

In the fall of 2008, a month after Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas, I attended a classical concert at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and heard, for the first time, the Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček. It's a wild and joyous…

India was the hub of different types of art, especially music in ancient times. One of the oldest and most important musical instruments is Mridangam Mridangam is a classical musical instrument used mainly in South Indian music. It is a…

Bcrossing choppy black waters towards land, we reach a rocky shore, infertile except for a few sad palms. Only in the spells of Handel's witch-castle does the island become a mirage of lush whorls and juicy succulents. The new from Opera…

Returning to the intrinsic pleasures of physical objects, will we again covet the CD as a miniature treasure? The Italian conductor Giovanni Antonini works hard to make us. Now in volume 11, Parisian flavorfrom the Haydn2032 series…

The EBCP mainly focuses on one: whose music is played. And Bartholomew-Poyser thinks that eventually, plans to increase the number of black composers will have a ripple effect across the entire classical music industry. “I think…

American experimental composer George Crumb, who died at the age of 92, rose to prominence in the mid-1960s with a series of groundbreaking compositions written for unusual instrumental combinations, using performance techniques then still…

Toby Deller talks to Her Ensemble founder Ellie Consta about making it classic to pop. "I've always felt like I love classical music, but I haven't always loved every aspect of performing," admits Ellie…

Polemic rarely works in fiction, and for a very good reason: fiction breeds empathy and polemic encourages attack. But in his first thriller The Violin Plot, Brendan Slocumb puts the racism…

Organist and composer Francis Jackson, who died at the age of 104, began his career as a chorister under the guidance of the eminent York Minster organist Edward Bairstow. Jackson was still active as a performer and composer 90 years…

February is a busy month for classical music in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Below are some upcoming highlights to plan your viewing.Symphony orchestrasFormer Dallas Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andrew Litton conducts the Dallas…

Think of your favorite song. Chances are it's a showtune and more and more likely it was written by one of these composers. Who are the best musical composers? There are plenty to choose from, but here's a rundown…

Lucy Rowan Mann, whose Walter W. Naumburg Foundation guidance and influential awards helped propel a string of great classical music careers for 50 years, died Jan. 16 at her Manhattan home. She was 100 years old.The cause was Covid-19,…

Suga is one of BTS's award-winning rappers and songwriters, often sharing solo music under the stage name Agust D. With BTS sometimes branching out to release music from other genres, it makes sense that Suga would have made his…

Pianist Yuja Wang performs with the Louisville Orchestra in Friday and Saturday concerts at Whitney Hall to premiere a new "Piano Concerto" composed by Teddy Abrams. It's the 14th composition Abrams has created for the…

Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra PIC: Chris ChristodoulouWill 2022 be the year classical music sees the light of day after nearly two years of tinkering and fixing? The signs were good before Omicron showed its ugly…

FRancesca Chiejina started her year as a ghost, ended it as an enchantress, and hosted a goddess, a princess, a pauper, and an acclaimed Proms appearance along the way. Covid may have meant a forced break for many musicians, but it…

How are you going to spend New Year's Day? Are you recovering from New Year's Eve? Are you having a hard time giving up that festive glass of champagne when you've just decided to give up alcohol? Or are you going for a…

OWe hoped that this would be the year when everything went well: that the concert halls would buzz with full crowds; that musicians would find full-time work; that soloists could travel again without fear of quarantine and testing…

(MENAFN - The conversation) No work of Western classical music is more closely associated with the Christmas season than German-born composer George Frideric Handel's Messiah, premiered in 1742.…

No work of Western classical music is more closely associated with the Christmas season than German-born composer George Frideric Handel Messiah, which was established in 1742. In recent years, the public has been able to choose…

In our ubiquitous, amplified, streamed, digitally connected world, the dynamic spaces where classical works are ideally performed are precious reserves of natural acoustics.Of course, we have to be careful not to let the mood of these…

If 2020 was a dark tale of forced shutdown and hibernation in classical music, 2021 has been the year of a hopeful awakening. Things that last year were deemed simply impossible, like live audiences at the Proms, this year have come back…

Rarely, however, has either piece brought out the full force of the orchestra. “Vista” opens with oboe playing; "Innocence", with just a handful of bass instruments before the entry of a moaning bassoon. No notes are superfluous, partly…

The natural world offers artistic inspiration in abundance. Winter, in particular, is of austere beauty, which juxtaposes hard and icy landscapes with the softness of the snow; the cold ice of frost with the heat of…

Breadcrumb Links Music Local arts Author of the article: Marc Morris The Alberta Baroque Ensemble. Photo by provided /Postmedia The opinions and recommendations are impartial and the products are…

Who was Charles Wesley? You might not recognize his name, but you will likely recognize some of his words and even sing them. Charles Wesley was one of the most prolific and illustrious hymn writers in the world, writing…

Researchers have found that street musicians make a lot more money if they play classical music on cold Sundays. For three months, researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands studied 72 street musicians performing…

After the COVID-19 Grinch stole Christmas last year, the festive spirit is returning better than ever. Whether you survived Zoom's classical music performances to get your vacation fix or avoided concert music, you will feel good to come…

Stephen Sondheim has changed the face of musical theater across the world, through his iconic scores, lyrics and unique collaborations with other leading composers. His unequivocal mastery of humor and language have been…

Stephen Sondheim, Broadway legend and one of the world's most influential songwriters and lyricists, has died at the age of 91. There are few composers and lyricists who have had such a seismic impact on the world of…

For some, opera music is an exclusive genre that generally appeals to those with a more sophisticated palette.But young and dashing Jakub Jozef Orlinski is one of the young opera stars trying to break the image of a world that some have…

'Amata slab Tenebre'Anna Netrebko, soprano; Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor (Deutsche Grammophon)Soprano Anna Netrebko has always been more satisfying in person - her voice blossoms in the vast space of an…

A cool 60s New York take on Astor Piazzolla by Claudio Constantini, Federico Lechner, Antonio Miguel and Daniel Piazzolla at Wigmore Hall. Claudio Constantini (Photo: Zabet Photo) A challenge for any critic who does not have an…

Party musicals are definitely a thing, but maybe they're not as important as you think they are, and maybe they're not getting the recognition they deserve. Here in the UK, the holidays mean Panto season, so a Christmas…

MUMBAI - Multi-talented 10-year-old singer, songwriter, violinist and pianist Mahati Subramaniam has…

By Jonathan Blumhofer It is an album of real spirit and vigor, a mixture of reflection and excitement, all recorded in an invigorating way. In the annals of sibling rivalries, the relationship between Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Felix…

12 November 2021, 15:57 Chineke conducted by Roderick Cox at the Royal Festival Hall. Photo: Mark Allan A report by Arts…

LLast year Alexander Kantorow released a recording comprising Brahms Piano Sonata No.2 alongside works by Bartók and Liszt, and announced himself as a Brahms performer of insight and uniqueness. unusual. This all-Brahms new record…

2 November 2021, 17:24 As Classic FM's Pet Classics returns on bonfire night, we present the best music to keep your pets happy during fireworks season. Classical…

Following the return of classical music concerts in September, the Southbank Center today unveils its Spring/Summer program (February - June 2022), featuring standout projects from top artists, thought-provoking world premieres and…

Albion Music £25 Always quiet about his music, Vaughan Williams has barely given a clue how his harrowing Great War experiences - first as a medic and then as an officer in the Royal Garrison Artillery - turned into works such as A…

One of the last performances that the late Twin Cities artistic and musical writer Pamela Espeland, who died on September 26, attended was a concert at Orchestra Hall just three days before her death. At this concert, Espeland, who was…

Radio 3's "Capturing Twilight" season is an attempt to reflect the influence on the human psyche of the light that sits between two worlds - neither day nor night - where nothing looks or feels the way it should. , a…

On the eve of COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, here are some of the orchestras around the world doing their part to raise awareness about the climate crisis.As the UK prepares to host the 26th United Nations Climate…

Eearlier this month, Steve reich celebrated its 85 years. the Colin Currie Group and Voice synergy mark this turning point in the life of one of the greatest living composers with a European tour, which includes the first performances of…

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Friday concert featured a lot of baroque, somewhat classical and contemporary music influenced by Chinese folk traditions. It was a program filled with embellishments, a little desire, bravado, with maybe a…

By Jonathan Blumhofer I'm not quite sure if Enigma is simply added to the sum of its parts or if it, in fact, exceeds them. Be that as it may, it is music of a moving and striking originality. Anna Thorvaldsdottir's new string quartet,…

VSorals, anemones, crispy shrimp pops, nibbling on parrot fish devouring the reef: an entire ecosystem under threat. How can a composer say something useful about the climate crisis? When Elgar wrote Where Corals Lie, the most popular of…

By Jonathan Blumhofer For Benjamin Zander and his musicians - as for all of us - it was several strange, even desperate months. Conductor Benjamin Zander in action. Photo: Hilary Scott. Benjamin Zander is ready to go. After being largely…

For Steven Isserlis, usually on tour and suddenly alone at home, confinement was an opportunity to rediscover the music he had in old boxes. British music for solo cello (Hyperion) brings together works by Benjamin Britten, William…

Last month was Classical Music Month in the United States, and in recognition, we're spotlighting a few up-and-coming artists who are breathing new life into the legendary genre!Guest post by Shannon Silver of The daily crust of the…

James Bond and music have made great bedfellows (and he's had a few) in the 59 years since the first movie - Dr No - was released in 1962. This first release for 007 relied on John Barry and his orchestra, the composer…

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HPPR had two esteemed guests this week on high plains morning: Dr. Robert HansenDMA, Regents Music Teacher/Head of School of Music West Texas A&M University; and david palmartistic director of…

In recent years, scientists have created music based on protein structure as a creative way to better popularize science to the general public, but the resulting songs have not always been pleasing to the ear. In a study published on…

This year's BBC Young Composer competition winners have been announced, with six composers chosen from over 500 entries. Winning composers will be offered the opportunity to participate in a development program with a…

Last summer, the "Beethoven Was Black" meme was all the rage online, a trope that drew the iconic composer into a 21st century discussion of race and social justice. But there's another curious classical music trope in circulation,…

PORT TOWNSEND - Pianist Mike Carroll admits it. Some of the classical music is long, serious, and just not pretty. None of that, he promises, will be on the agenda when he gives a public performance this week. Instead, Carroll,…

Bruckner is not the only composer whose music exists in several revisions. But he has few rivals as the most compulsive tinkerer in music. by Bruckner fourth symphony, in particular, underwent multiple and substantial modifications…

The Dunedin Consort gave an exciting and visceral interpretation of Monteverdi's Vespers at the Lammermuir festival a few years ago. For this year's appearance, the ensemble returned to the composer, but on this occasion it was for an…

You might have thought that an institution as powerful as Carnegie Hall would want to come back with a vengeance. That says a lot about this still risky moment for classical music, in terms of financial and public health, as the venue is…

We asked if you have any pets with a songwriter's name and your answer was extremely adorable. Here are your five best classical music-themed pet names, along with a few honorable mentions. 5. Purcell Purcell, named after English…

When 7:30 p.m. October 8 • Or Auditorium Purser, 1851 Schoettler Road, Chesterfield • How much $ 15 to $ 30 • More information 314-421-3600; stlphilharmonic.orgWith a history dating back more than 150 years, the Orchester philharmonique de…

By Ralph P. Locke The performances of young baritone Will Liverman are full of liveliness and varied moods. Dreams of a New Day - Songs of Black Composers, Will Liverman (Cédille). "Black Composers Matter" - this might be the motto of a…

In his praise for The Guardian for covering the balls, it was disappointing to see Colin Bradbury use the old-fashioned distinction that classical music is "real" music as opposed to popular music (Letters, August 31). That was the point…

From 18th-century violin master Chevalier de Saint-Georges to rising New York star Jessie Montgomery, black composers have played an important role in the history of classical music. Despite their creative talent and the…

When it comes to film music, our ears are kind of automatically drawn to Hollywood. It's true that the ancestral home of narrative film music is California (via Europe and Broadway), but Britain has produced some…

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Hoping to appeal to a wider range of audiences, the local classical music scene has embarked on more opportunities that break down barriers.Although classical music performances are often associated with formal attire, rigid expressions,…

The acquisition precedes Apple's plan to launch a classical music app next year, which will combine Primephonic's user interface with more additional features. Listeners will also benefit from better features, including improved navigation…

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Apple has acquired Primephonic, the classical music streaming service based in the Netherlands.Fans of classical music have long had trouble with mainstream music services like Spotify and Apple Music, especially when it comes to finding…

Hay tedder RyanRyan Tedder is one of best songwriters of the modern era. He is known for his unique flair in his lyrics that mesmerize fans. Tedder is a man of many talents. In addition to being a songwriter, he is a singer, musician and…

“This concert for all ages is a very intimate spectacle,” said drummer Dave Kelly, noting that the band would be returning from a major festival in Michigan earlier today, making it the perfect occasion for this. kind of concert. "It will…

In 1936, discerning listeners may have sensed that the novelty "Rhythm Saved the World" was not just about its nominal subject: the drummer boys who motivated the Revolutionary War soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill. No, like played by…

LAKE GEORGE, NY (NEWS10) - The Lake George Music Festival is back in the village this weekend, ringing in a northern weekend calendar with a classic opening. The festival features performances from professionals who can't wait to…

My friend Jeremy Peyton Jones, who passed away at the age of 66, was a composer who worked several times as an artistic programmer and music speaker.Some of Jeremy's most notable composition works were for 10 plays in the 1980s and early…

In an upcoming 20th Century Fox adaptation, West Side Story will represent Steven Spielberg's first musical project. The plot was originally inspired by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, in which lovers Maria and Tony…

The film about Cornish slum group The Fisherman's Friends is set to return to the big screen in 2022. In April 2021, it was revealed that filming had started on a sequel to the 2019 film The fisherman's friends. It was…

Ttoo easy ? Too prolific? Too much good taste? Whatever objections may be to Camille Saint-Saëns' music, the French composer is shamefully overlooked and ignored. This year marks the centenary of his death and is a good time to advocate…

Fight stereotypesAsian artists have long been the subject of racist tropes and slurs, dating back at least to the 1960s and 1970s, when musicians immigrated to the United States from Japan, Korea and other regions. from East Asia to study…

July 27, 2021, 11:39 | Update: July 27, 2021, 12:30 p.m. How good is Billie Eilish's singing voice, from a classical music point of view?…