How does the oldest piano in the world sound?
Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, created the instrument around the turn of the 18th century. The first hard evidence of a piano in … Read more
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Abigail Winzer: Rejoice
16-year-old soprano Abigail Winzer’s first album is “Rejoice,” a collection of traditional Christmas songs. It’s quite brave to go with this choice for a debut … Read more
Violin built by soldier during First World War to be exhibited in Germany
A violin carved out of a cigar box by a German soldier during the First World War is soon to go on exhibition in Dresden, … Read more
Watch the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra perform in 360° video
The renowned Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra gave a concert on December 1, 2016, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of composer Sergei Prokofiev. … Read more
Five great arias from Donizetti operas
Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti giving us the opportunity to look through his works and select five of the best arias. He composed around 70 … Read more
You probably won’t find this on many Christmas classical music lists
Now that December has rolled around, we’re free to start talking about our favourite Christmas music. Last year, we put together a list of some … Read more
Will the next great classical music composer be a computer?
Researchers at University of Washington released a dataset of classical music pieces called MusicNote Wednesday that facilitates machine learning of note patterns and automated note … Read more
Steve Hussey and Jake Eddy: The Miller Girl
“The Miller Girl”” is the first album produced by the collaboration of singer-songwriter Steve Hussey and multi-instrumentalist Jake Eddy. The West Virginia-based duo is heavily … Read more
Alleged Beethoven score fails to sell at auction after authenticity questioned
An alleged Beethoven score of his Allegretto in B minor has failed to sell at a London auction house after a expert on the composer’s … Read more
92-year-old pianist plays Chopin “Nocturne op” with Boston Symphony Orchestra
92-year-old Menahem Pressler was guest soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Chopin “Nocturne op”. Pressler told the Boston Globe he is … Read more
Watch how this piano-violin duo performs from top of waterfall
The cleverly-named 92 Keys is a piano-violin duo made up of Trevor Loucks and Crista Guthrie. Loucks got the idea for shooting a music video … Read more
Organ played by Liszt to be restored at cost of €85,000
An organ played by Franz Liszt as a young child is to be restored over the next two years. The instrument, which was built by … Read more
Soprano performs lead role from wheelchair after suffering injury
Russian soprano Anna Virovlansky was due to make her debut at the Oper Leipzig last night in Lucia di Lammermoor. But just two days before, … Read more
Five gift ideas for classical music lovers this holiday season
With the Black Friday rush yesterday, everybody is starting to think about gifts for the holiday season, whether for Christmas or other festivities. Maybe you’re … Read more
Syrian clarinetist tells story of conflict through music
Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh is currently touring with a 60-minute show called “The Home Within,” which combines music and visual art to tell the story of … Read more