Sophisticated, lyrical, layered. Peek into the troubled world of one of the most famous romantics, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. When you... Read More
A story of a composer, a festival, and how interpretation always remains open to – interpretation.
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Friedrich Nietzsche is primarily noted for his philosophical work, but as André Schaeffner said: “In the whole history of philosophy... Read More
The South Korean series combines bloodthirsty games, decadent luxury, and of course – classical music. Melodies of Haydn, Strauss, and... Read More
If you’re looking for the softest, most intimate, and most seductive melodies, then the trumpet is a musical instrument for... Read More
Since 2006, Martin Jarvis, a musicologist from Charles Darwin University in Australia, has claimed that Johann Sebastian Bach is not... Read More
From being a crime scene of a murder case to its construction of a golden ceiling threatening to drain the... Read More
It was easy(or not?) to decide who should belong to the top 10 of the best flutists in the world.... Read More
“I often hear flashes of him coming up in music by late nineteenth-century French composers (including César Franck, who arranged... Read More
The biographies of the great Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli (1673-1713) testify of a turbulent life filled with strange gaps, replete with embellishments and anecdotal evidence. We try to piece together some of the lesser known facts on the composer’s life. Read More
Fun facts about Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - on his brief stint as a winemaker, poor singing, and post-plague contemplations of priesthood. Read More
