Famed Classical Pianist Sets Out to Perform 1 Piece of Music for 22 Hours Straight — or 840 Times in a Row!
Acclaimed classical pianist Igor Levit will attempt to play Erik Satie's "Vexations" 840 times in a row in what will be a ...
BBC, Sky Arts Docs Explore How the Nazis “Weaponized” Music at Auschwitz
The Lost Music of Auschwitz' and 'The Last Musician of Auschwitz' air in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp where more than 1.1 million people lost their lives.
London Evening Standard20d
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage: My classical music doesn’t get much air time
British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage says that his musical compositions do not get “played much” on classical music radio stations. The 64-year-old, who has created music for ballets and ...
BBC25d
Classical Mixtape - Classical music for focus or relaxation - BBC Sounds
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.
The Washington Post26d
On TikTok, classical music is thriving – even as it’s chopped to bits
But despite these odds and obstacles, classical music — an art form best known for constantly dying and losing its grip on popular culture — has become part of the cultural fabric of TikTok ...
The New York Times26d
The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
By Joshua BaroneCorinna da Fonseca-WollheimZachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics see and hear much more than they review. Here is what hooked ...
CBC.ca26d
Not your grandma's Shostakovich: How classical music is attracting younger audiences
It's the headline violinists, bassoonists and bangers of big expensive drums look for each year: classical music is back, and young people like it again. To be fair, the data mostly checks out ...
The Arts Desk28d
Best of 2024: Classical music concerts
The future: Guildhall Gold Medal finalists clarinettist Kosuke Shirai, double bass player Strahinja Mitrović (the winner) and harpist Heather Brooks Clive Totman ...