Classical music lovers don’t always like acknowledging it, but every idolised canonical composer has been deeply inspired by the people who surrounded him. And in many cases, one of the most inspirational people in any artist’s life is their spouse.

Born on 31 October 1980 in New York City, conductor Alondra de la Parra has lived a story of crossing borders, including geographic, cultural, and professional, while raising two sons in Berlin since 2019. Her journey as a trailblazing conductor,

Ah, Frankenstein Friday! That electrifying evening when the veil between the living and the undead thins just enough for monsters to mingle with mortals. You might know it by its more common alias, Halloween, but let’s crank up the voltage

Leonidas Kavakos, born on 30 October 1967 in Athens, Greece, emerged as a violin prodigy whose early life was steeped in the rhythms of a musical household. His father, a violinist, and his mother, a pianist, created an environment where

Michael Haydn was born on 14 September 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau. His father was Mathias Haydn, a wheelwright and local government official. His mother was Maria, a cook, wife, and mother. Both parents were enthusiastic amateur musicians

French composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) spanned a change in eras that opens with the child prodigy being recognised by Rossini and Hector Berlioz and ends with the radical changes of the early 20th century. He did not like atonality or

As creative as the human mind gets, it seems we constantly find situations in which we repeat what has been done in the past. In fact, in art, one could question how much new there really is and how much