What does laughter look like written out as sheet music?
Being able to transcribe music is an important skill, especially for composers and jazz musicians. It is a lot of fun and it’s also a … Read more
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Can You Name These Famous Broadway Shows?
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Butterfly Lands On Flute Player’s Face During International Competition
Wooed by the beautiful sound of Yukie Ota‘s flute during the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition, a majestic butterfly wanted a front-row seat. So it … Read more
Peruvian Guitarist Makes Metal Popcorn
Gershon Kingsley, the creator of the 1969 classic tune “Popcorn,” never imagined his synth sensation would be recreated nearly 40 years later in an alien … Read more
‘Happy Birthday’ In The Style Of Different Classical Composers
Pianist Nicole Pesce in concert at Tempe Center for the Arts not only showed her virtuosity but gave us a taste of her creativity and humor. … Read more
A Priceless Reaction To A Cell Phone Ring During A Concert
This video of Slovakian violist Lukas Kmit improvising around Nokia’s signature ringtone is so good, many have thought it was a sly piece of advertising … Read more
Rare Film Footage of Camille Saint-Saëns Playing the Piano! (silent film c.1917)
See our entire video collection featuring rare performances, interviews, and conversations with some of the greatest composers living in the 20th Century. This rare footage … Read more
A Speech Every Classical Music Student Should Read!
Acclaimed cellist Julian Lloyd Webber delivered a great message to music students at the Birmingham Conservatoire. We reprint his speech in its entirety: In 1977 … Read more
The History of the Violin in 12 Minutes
Violinist Charles Yang takes us on a fun and entertaining journey (44 songs in 12 min) through some of the violin’s greatest moments in history. Not … Read more
Violinist Plays Mozart During Her Own Brain Surgery
“A monumental event took place on Monday in the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) operating room. Naomi Elishuv, a professional violinist formerly with the … Read more
The Art Of Music Notation Blends With The Art Of Imagination!
“Music Painting” by Alice Ninni is a charming animation of the song “Lacrime de Giulietta” by Matteo Negrin in which the musical notation is the … Read more
Orchestral Musicians Bring Whales To Surface – This Will Take Your Breath Away
Optus, the second-largest telecommunications company in Australia, has a long association with nature so M&C Saatchi, Sydney set about exploring communication between humans and animals, … Read more
Vivaldi Performed On World’s Smallest Violin
Listen to Venezuelan violinist Baltazar Monaca performing Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A Minor – on what has been described as ‘the world’s smallest violin.’ Source: … Read more
20 Greatest Classical Music Moments In Movies
1. Melancholia: Tristan und Isolde Prelude by Wagner The prelude to Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde supplies the main musical theme of the film, and … Read more