Following his debut recording of music by Brahms, which we reviewed last December, South Korean pianist Julian Jaeyoung Kim is now turning his attention to Beethoven, whose music would have been familiar to Brahms, and inspired by Beethoven since childhood,

The uplifting and transformative power of live music is a universal experience. Many of us can remember a particularly inspiring concert or event that left a lasting impression on us. Away from the concert hall, music events and workshops in

The music of Frédéric Chopin has been central to British pianist James Lisney’s repertoire since his Wigmore Hall debut in 1986. Lisney is a ‘great great grand pupil’ of Chopin, through his teacher, Phyllis Sellick (1911-2007), who herself was taught

TONALi in Hamburg is a great example of how German institutions are not only active in conserving and maintaining the traditional aspect of classical music, but they are also keenly innovative. The lines between the ‘underground stream’ and ‘the institutional’

Meaghan Williams, an accomplished double bass musician based in Vancouver, is the soloist on the recent LP release Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941. The LP is named after the double-bass concerto written by Canadian composer and bassist Mark Haney. This

Have you ever attended a concert featuring classical music and sound therapy? An ensemble group called Transposed, founded by pianist Elena Toponogova and soprano Eleanor Penfold (Ellie), is offering a classical and meditative sound bath experience. During the conversation, they

Described by superstar pianist Lang Lang as ‘A genius…The new Bach’ during his performance on Channel 4’s popular and inspiring programme The Piano (UK tv), Michael Howell is a young self-taught composer, singer and pianist from a working-class Caribbean-Jamaican background

Evan Shinners is the founder of ‘The Bach Store’, and perhaps the most adequate heir apparent to Glenn Gould and Wendy Carlos when it comes to reinventors, re-imaginers, and first-amongst-worshipers of J.S. Bach. With quotes like ‘Thank Bach for God’,