Warning: Opinions Ahead, Proceed with Care! Music is often hailed as a universal language, capable of transcending borders and expressing emotions that words alone often fail to capture. However, within its vast repertoire lies a sharper edge: the tradition of

For 50 years, the Schubertiade has been a haven for lovers of Franz Schubert’s music, transforming the quaint Austrian towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems into cultural hubs for chamber music and lieder. Founded in 1976, the Schubertiade has evolved from

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