The Bruckner Year 2024, celebrating the 200th birthday of one of the most innovative composers of the second half of the 19th century, will see the release of multiple recordings of the Bruckner cycle. The composer was plagued by crippling

The Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (1870-1948) scored the greatest international success of his later works with a revised version of Die gelbe Jacke (The Yellow Jacket). Premiered at the Metropoltheater in Berlin on 10 October 1928, the romantic operetta Das

The Phantom of the Opera was the longest-running show in Broadway history, celebrating its 10,000th performance on 11 February 2012. The production grossed over 1 billion dollars on Broadway, and 6 billion worldwide. Premiered on 9 October 1986 at Her

Self-sufficiency, in the context of music, refers to a musician’s ability to manage various aspects of their career independently. Today, more than ever, self-sufficiency is crucial for musicians in an increasingly dynamic and competitive music industry. At a most basic

The autocratic conductor is almost a relic of the past. Musicians and music lovers have heard tales of outbursts from Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Reiner, and others. Toscanini can be heard on tape screaming, “You have no ears. You have no

Being great at playing one instrument doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be great at another. But over the decades, a handful of fabulous concert violinists have proven to be fabulous pianists, too. Today we’re looking at how these five violinists’ gifts

One of the most important Polish composers of the 20th century, Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) is a reflection of the most relevant currents and trends in music during his life. Initially fascinated by the music of Chopin and Wagner, Szymanowski’s music

Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise has none of the bright optimism of his earlier Die schöne Müllerin. The spring day of ‘Das Wandern’ is now the cold frozen dusk of ‘Gute Nacht’. Our hero starts off isolated, leaving town in the