Mystery seems to lie at the core of Covent Garden’s latest Parsifal, directed by Evgeny Titov in his Royal Opera debut. Where Wagner indulges in sublime music built around bright major triads, Titov presents an almost relentlessly bloody and depressing

Steve Reich is a monument of contemporary classical music. He needs no introduction, particularly as he celebrates his 90th birthday this year. One of the founding fathers of American minimalism — alongside Philip Glass, who coincidentally celebrates his 90th in

Few halls would be ambitious enough to fill an entire Saturday with three consecutive concerts of György Kurtág’s piano music, but Wigmore Hall does just that, presenting three “Breaths” with the splendid Pierre-Laurent Aimard to celebrate the centenary of this

Complete Bach Cello Suites are not foreign to concert halls, but playing all six in one concert in sequential order remains rare. I have always believed that the six suites progress sequentially in difficulty and depth, and it is unusual

We recently had a chance to catch up with composer Michael Zev Gordon, composer-in-residence at Presteigne Festival from August 27-31. Presteigne nestles at the heart of the Welsh Marches on the border between Wales and England, surrounded by beautiful, pristine

Vincenzo Bellini‘s final opera I Puritani is a daunting challenge, no matter which opera house attempts it. It is nearly impossible to assemble a cast of principals that is up to the task. The Royal Opera House, for the first

2026 marks the first summer edition of Music in the Burnhams, a festival taking place in and around the beautiful village of Burnham Thorpe, nestled up in North Norfolk, near the top of England’s east coast. Despite this being the

Harrogate International Festivals is celebrating its 60th anniversary in style by bringing some of the biggest names and brightest emerging stars in classical music to Harrogate this summer – from the boundary-pushing stars such as Abel Selaocoe and Aurora Orchestra to legendary