In her breakout 2005 role as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese took Glyndebourne by storm. A last-minute replacement, she brought oodles of energy and killer dance moves that combined with her fantastic vocal agility. Critics were over

Let’s face it, trumpet players are stereotyped as confident, brash, adventurous, swaggering perfectionists driven by the obsession to excel at playing the highest notes. But they are so cool. With daring they can let rip brilliant sounds and attract attention

The Classical Era lasted roughly between 1730 and 1820. Most people know the marquee names of the era: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. However, their colleagues included dozens of gifted women composers who were also writing symphonies, concertos, and chamber works

Think you know classical music history? Think again. From the fact that many listeners in the history of classical music never heard a full orchestra, to the rediscovery of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons after nearly two centuries of obscurity, to the

In 1997, Yefim Bronfman joined Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a recording of the three Piano Concertos by Béla Bartók. That recording, released on Sony Classical, won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance. The 1997

There have been many turning point years in the history of classical music. However, for our money, the 365-day period between the start of June 1912 and the end of May 1913 was the most important single year in classical

American composer Mark Edwards Wilson takes us around the world on Dangerous Journeys. We start in the white water of a river to brave its rapids. We then visit a lonely nightingale, singing amidst the ruins of its native Ukraine.

Hieronymus von Colloredo, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, had a long political career, but today he is best known as Mozart’s strict employer…and eventual enemy. His efforts to modernise Salzburg by constraining spending and curbing musical performances brought him into direct