Many music history lovers know that Johann Sebastian Bach had many children: twenty kids by two wives. What fewer people know is that the wider Bach family was famously fertile…as well as famously musical. In fact, the Wikipedia article on

There comes a moment in a musician and composer’s life, where the question of teaching music is asked. Particularly when it comes to teaching their own children, and transmitting both the passion and the knowledge gained over the years to

It’s a loaded question, and more than a little silly. When it comes to music and art, of course, greatness is extremely subjective. However, it’s just plain fun to look at such a list, seeing which pieces went into print

The inaugural performance of Thomas Hengelbrock as the newly appointed musical director of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris took place on 7 September 2024 under the iconic dome of the Paris Panthéon. The programme paired the third movement of

For lots of reasons, being married to a composer can be difficult. However, sometimes composers get lucky and find perfectly suited spouses who support them, encourage them, and even inspire their work. In the second part of this two-part series,

Schubert’s music articulates the ineffable, conveys the unspoken, and encapsulates a world of its own. Most of the time, it is imbued with desolation, poignancy, and nostalgia, whereas the occasional tinges of optimism, more often than not, are merely a

Throughout the history of classical music, there have been some cities that have attracted musicians and audiences and, through this, have become centres of attention and key locations in music-making progress. If there is often more than one reason for

On 9 May 1965, famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz gave a recital at Carnegie Hall. But this was no ordinary Vladimir Horowitz recital. Due to depression and anxiety, he had not appeared in public since 1953. The entire musical world wanted