British composer Arnold Bax (1883–1953) started his musical life as a student at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 1905. Although an accomplished pianist, he did not pursue a performing career, helped by his personal income. He was captured

No Moonlight Sonata or Heart and Soul, here. The most frustrating part of learning any new skill is that period of time in which your taste and your abilities just don’t quite match up. You’d love to be playing Rachmaninoff

Family Day is a public holiday in a variety of countries, and on 22 September, it puts the spotlight on the people who make our lives meaningful. It’s all about that one uncle who shows up uninvited to every gathering,

Andrei Gavrilov, born on 21 September 1955 in Moscow, emerged from the Soviet Union’s rigorous musical crucible as a prodigy whose fingers danced with both ferocity and finesse. His victory at the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition, at the tender age

In recent years, there has been increased interest in the works of women composers, many of whom are in the process of being rediscovered. So if you have an interest in this burgeoning area of programming and are a musician

Every year on 21 September, the world pauses, or at least pretends to pause, for the International Day of Peace. It’s a day where we’re supposed to hold hands, sing Kumbaya, and imagine a world where everyone gets along. Sounds

When you enter a gallery adorned with Francisco González Gamarra’s monumental canvases, time seems to stand still. Paintings such as “The Foundation of Lima” or “The Spanish Foundation of Cusco” do not merely depict history; they revive it by evoking

Imagine a dapper Spaniard with a meticulously trimmed moustache, a Stradivarius violin tucked under his chin, and a flair for making audiences swoon with every flick of his bow. That’s Pablo de Sarasate, the 19th-century violinist and composer whose music