Musicians aren’t exactly famous for their marital fidelity. Many well-known composers have had children out of wedlock, and many others have been suspected of having children outside of wedlock. Today, we’re looking at the secret love lives of four composers

National Friendship Day is the one day when we’re all supposed to hug our friends and send snappy texts. Yet, nobody can really pin down when it is actually celebrated. Some swear it’s the first Sunday in August, others cling

Being a composer is not a very – how could one put it delicately – commonsense profession. Many of history’s well-known composers were larger-than-life characters who earned idiosyncratic nicknames from their erratic and memorable behaviour. In this article, we take

Have you ever wondered who the best teachers in classical music history were? Us, too. But of course, there’s no way to objectively measure who “the best” teachers are. (Surely the best teachers in your life are the incredible men

In the annals of classical music, few figures have left footprints as profound and enduring in the art of orchestral performance as Sir Roger Norrington. A conductor, scholar, and visionary, Norrington’s legacy is one of daring innovation, meticulous scholarship, and

Friedrich Wieck – Clara Schumann’s much-maligned father – is one of the great villains of classical music history, infamous for how he tried to keep Clara and her future husband Robert Schumann apart. However, Wieck had a fascinating biography apart

It all started with the double problem of what to do in the summer and how to get together with your friends. And, to compound it, you have to practice. Violinist Carl Vallin, now Artistic Director, and conductor and bassist

In the spring of 1846, dashing French author George Sand began writing a novel inspired by the breakdown of her romantic partnership with pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin. She titled it Lucrezia Floriani. Lucrezia Floriani tells the story of three