Not only does a musical piece record a composer’s perception or vision towards life, but it also captures certain personality traits of his. One can perhaps find even greater reference of Pedro’s thoughtful presentation in his Nachtmusik– as the flowy

It is as if one is breathing in a gulp of cool air atop the deep mountains listening to Thai composer Narong’s Bencharong. Sometimes energetic and flashing whilst other times calm and delicate, there is a great depth of emotion

Lully: Bellérophon Lully: Bellérophon: Reine, vous savez qu’en ce jour… Jean-Baptiste Lully: Bellérophon, Libretto by Thomas Corneille. First performed on January 31st 1679, Bellérophon was among the most popular of Lully’s operas during his lifetime. The myth of Bellérophon was

Reine, vous savez qu’en ce jour… Céline Scheen, soprano (Philonoé) Ingrid Perruche, soprano (Sténobeé) Christophe Rousset, conductor Les Talens Lyriques, baroque orchestra Chamber Choir of Nemur From Lully: Bellérophon (2011) Released by Aparté Lully: Bellérophon: Reine, vous savez qu’en ce

Whenever girls find joy in devoting themselves to fairies and princesses, boys hail and cheer on supermen and heroes. Perhaps this is what raises eyebrows of a few when composer Moon Young Ha’s Fairytale is first presented, trying to cross

Given the way medical advancements have significantly prolonged life expectancies around the world, it is hard to imagine that old-age diseases such as cholera are still affecting people in our world today. The 2010s cholera epidemic that hit Haiti has

The extraordinarily rousing power of music is a force that, as any other, can be used for good or evil. Daniel Barenboim’s recent concert in Gaza City has re-affirmed the positive impact that music can have in politics. Barenboim led

If you still have the impression that female composers write necessarily in a tender and soft style, you may want to hold back your stance for a while after listening to Ming-Hsiu’s piece- strands of interlocking rhythmic patterns piling up,