Mordents Magazine introduces you to the life and work of a quintessentially American composer. Read More
From being a crime scene of a murder case to its construction of a golden ceiling threatening to drain the... Read More
Mordents Magazine details a few fun - and lesser known - facts of Alexander Scriabin's life. Read More
Sophisticated, lyrical, layered. Peek into the troubled world of one of the most famous romantics, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. When you... 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
Paganini, the greatest violinist of all time Born in 1782 in the Republic of Genoa, Nicola Paganini began playing the... Read More
A mysterious and misunderstood artist whose genius outlived the tales of his moody, peculiar character, the composer who lost hearing... Read More
Examining the existing evidence to the intrigue at the centre of the Mozart myth. 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
Stray bullets, accidental electrocutions, and untreated wounds – the history of classical music is full of dreadful deaths, sometimes mysterious,... 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
Soprano and writer Lisa Newill-Smith has performed across Europe and the United States. A passionate advocate of music by women,... Read More
