Angelica Frey 
Candy Crush is undoubtedly a commuter’s best friend: rows of green, purple and golden-colored candies fill up smartphone screens and lighten up the mood even … Read more
The sound of the cello expresses intimacy, warmth, fullness and is at the same time lyrical, tragic, epic and melancholic. How can all this be … Read more
“What is American music?” read the headline of an article appearing on the January 4th, 1924 edition of the New York Tribune: such article was … Read more
Have you ever hoped you could be so immersed in a music performance that you were actually able to discern the slightest eye movement of … Read more
While there is plenty of pictorial evidence depicting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—as a child sitting by his piano and as an adult wearing his signature red … Read more
We are used to thinking about music in terms of acoustic rather than visual components. However, sand can offer beautiful visual representations of musical instruments … Read more
Oliver Sacks, the acclaimed British neurologist who extensively studied the effects of music on the brain died on August 30th after battling cancer for the … Read more
With four movements known as Andante, Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb, Rondo Burleske: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig, and Adagio. Sehr … Read more
There are less than 700 remaining Stradivari violins and, on August 6th, one of them was rightfully returned to the family of its rightful owner … Read more
It’s Super Mario’s 30th anniversary, and there are countless creative ways to celebrate the leaps and the heroic feats of the Italian plumber that defined … Read more
Autumn brings a welcome novelty to Manchester Bridgewater Hall, where the award-winning Hallé orchestra will perform selections of the finest examples of music of the … Read more
Everything is capable of making music, at least according to Catalan musician Xavi Lozano. Crutches, watering cans, brooms and chair, in fact, can “show us … Read more
We all have childhood memories related to Tom and Jerry and the slapstick humor surrounding their odd relationship, even though, if you watch them as … Read more
What do a bassoon and a lion have in common? They are both endangered species, at least according to the campaign called Save The Bassoon, … Read more
“Practise slowly” is the most common advice violinist Itzhak Perlman gives children whenever they ask him for his autograph. Practising slowly, he continues on The … Read more