The harpsichord is an instrument of proud, historical contradictions. When treated with theatrical flair, its plucked metal strings can evoke an entire lost world of Baroque opulence; when starved of imagination, however, it risks transforming the concert hall into a

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

The 2026 edition of the Z+ Festival—now in its third year as part of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 25/26 season—continued its chamber music projects. Led by pianist Zee Zee, this seven-concert series brought together a mix of international soloists, leading

When discussing European festivals, we often forget how old they can be, even if we know them in modern garb. In a sense, the Lucerne Festival can trace its roots back to the 15th century, with the beginnings of an

The annual festival of Schubert and his contemporaries celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and, in 6 programs spread over two distinct performing spaces, brings the sound world of Schubert alive. The Schubertiade (named after the evenings in Schubert’s house)

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

The Musicantes Festival 2025, organized and produced by the Cultural Center of the University of Piura under the direction of Dr. Enrique Banús Irusta, continues to broaden its scope of contemporary musical creation in Peru. It provides a platform for

During the last two years of his life, in a compressed timeframe between 1824 and 1826, Ludwig van Beethoven completed his final set of five string quartets. Fractured, deeply personal, and introspective, these works mirror the very essence of contemporaneity,