In our modern, digital world, it’s more important than ever to share the wonders of classical music with children. “The nuance and musicality of real people playing real instruments will always be ...
Classical musicians, more than any others (in my opinion), strive for perfection. They work long and hard on their craft. When you listen to a top-notch symphony orchestra perform the great works of ...
Louise Dumont was studying piano and composition when she met a young flute student, Aristide Farrenc. They fell in love and got married. Rather than follow convention and give up her creative ...
For thirty minutes a day, I would sit down at a piano and play — or attempt to play — music by the great composers of the ...
We basically did it because car parks are more fun than formal concert halls. It gives you so much more flexibility in the atmosphere you can make. The audience can be much closer to the musicians and ...
This interdisciplinary course examines the relationship between musical practice and cultural criticism through the lens of perspectives on what constitutes the "authentic" and "inauthentic" creation, ...
Readers discuss ways to rescue the industry. To the Editor: Re “Stop Mutilating Classical Music to Sell It to Kids,” by Evan Shinners (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 23): Mr. Shinners’s essay makes an ...