Stray bullets, accidental electrocutions, and untreated wounds – the history of classical music is full of dreadful deaths, sometimes mysterious,... Read More
Born in 1833 in Hamburg, Brahms was a freedom-loving man. A devoted and faithful friend, he was a man who lived... Read More
Mordents offers you a quick rundown of some of the most interesting points of this Renaissance composer's life. Read More
Paganini, the greatest violinist of all time Born in 1782 in the Republic of Genoa, Nicola Paganini began playing the... Read More
Let’s take a look at the life and work of a Japanese musical trailblazer of the 19th century – Nobu... 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
Soprano and writer Lisa Newill-Smith has performed across Europe and the United States. A passionate advocate of music by women,... Read More
Since 2006, Martin Jarvis, a musicologist from Charles Darwin University in Australia, has claimed that Johann Sebastian Bach is not... Read More
From being a crime scene of a murder case to its construction of a golden ceiling threatening to drain the... Read More
From sheer joy and delight to despair and weakness: peek into the exciting life and work of Frédéric Chopin in... Read More
“I often hear flashes of him coming up in music by late nineteenth-century French composers (including César Franck, who arranged... Read More
Friedrich Nietzsche is primarily noted for his philosophical work, but as André Schaeffner said: “In the whole history of philosophy... Read More
