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The viola may be the less flashy sibling of the violin, but in the hands of these seven great women composers, the viola truly shines as a solo instrument. From the bold modernism of Marga Richter and Peggy Glanville-Hicks to

For a long time, I did not think of classical music as something that belonged in a workout. Like many people, I associated exercise with steady beats and predictable rhythms. Yet over time, I noticed that the way I structure

When 18-year-old pianist Yunchan Lim stunned the world at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition, audiences saw a once-in-a-generation talent whose playing combined a rare poetry with ferocious technique. But Lim’s artistry didn’t come from nowhere. This is a musician who,

Have you ever wondered what the most popular string quartets are? There’s no easy objective way to answer that question, but one way to try is by looking at which YouTube videos of string quartet performances have garnered the most

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The 2026 edition of “La Folle Journée de Nantes,” took place from 28 January to 1 February and chose “Les fleuves” as its central theme. As metaphors for life itself, the world’s great rivers simultaneously underscore both the timeless and