John Cage: Dream (arr. for harp) (Floraleda Sacchi, harp) Most famous for his iconic – and polarising – composition 4’33”, John Cage was a composer, artist, and thinker whose explorations and experiments changed the course of classical composition. His compendium

Opera director Tang Xinxin has a new production opening in Singapore of Verdi’s Macbeth, running 27 to 29 March. We spoke with Ms Tang about this production and her other work in a recent conversation. Ms Tang is a graduate

Mosaic Seasons, founded in 2023 by composer Tatiana Svetlova as a classical music festival based in the South of France and Monaco, returns to London on 14th March with its inaugural UK presentation of Music of Our Time at Bechstein

Forty of the world’s best young pianists will soon converge on the White Rock Theatre for this year’s Hastings International Piano Competition (HIPC), which takes place from 26th February to 7th March. HIPC is a biennial classical piano contest held

Founded in 2017 as a cultural initiative to bridge East and West through music, the Youth Music Culture the Greater Bay Area (YMCG) brings together young professional musicians between the ages of 18 and 30 for 15 days of music-making.

In the UK, classical music, and opera in particular, is seen as “the most elitist” of all the arts. Myths and perceptions surrounding opera – that it is expensive, intellectual, foreign, requires dressing up in formal clothes to attend, and

As an homage to their long-time designer Nikos S. Petropoulos, Greek National Opera staged a revival of his 1998 Tosca. Set in 1944 Rome, the opera opened as if it were a film, with the opening credits running on a

It has become increasingly rare to hear Krystian Zimerman live – and to listen to him in person is always something to remember. This winter in Japan, Zimerman ventured into a rather experimental programme, featuring Schubert Impromptus Op. 90, Debussy