So, you have decided to become a neurosurgeon? What an excellent choice, but before you can hope to get your hands on the subject matter, there are many, many years of education and training in front of you. Ideally, your

We are very familiar with the instruments of Western classical music, most of which appear in Western orchestral music. This new series will look at musical instruments outside the American / European tradition, beginning with China.

The Pre-Raphaelites as a group were founded in 1848 and quickly became a 7-man brotherhood. The group was started by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti who were then joined by William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson,

Can you be a true artist without reflecting the times, without a compelling message? Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul,” was one of the first African American women who openly expressed her feelings and philosophy through her music during

At the turn of the 20th century the great symphonic composers, Beethoven and Brahms, became symbols for artists such as Max Klinger (1857-1920), an amateur pianist, painter, sculptor and engraver. Klinger saw their music as an expression of the fate

Ballade for 2 Pianos From SOLAL, M.: Piano and 2-Piano Works (Ferrand-N’Kaoua, Solal) (2015) Released by Grand Piano Solal: Ballade for 2 PianosEuropean jazz legend Martial Solal is an imaginative and creative thinker for the piano, and one never straightjacketed

William Lane and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble Many people were shocked when they heard that William Lane had left his job as violist in the Hong Kong Philharmonic to devote himself full time to The Hong Kong New

Smashed guitars, lost double basses, confiscated Stradivarius’, cancelled tickets and boarding refusals—what is a musician to do? Recently a guitarist had his custom-built instrument safely stowed in the overhead bin on a flight to Nice. The stewardesses approached him in