Filmmaker and journalist Tim van Beveren’s documentaries Women Composers and DORA – Escape into Music explore the lives and music of composers whose work has largely disappeared from the standard classical repertoire. Made in collaboration with pianist Kyra Steckeweh, the films focus on composers

The UK-based Doric String Quartet has big plans for the 2027 Beethoven Year. They will bring Beethoven’s string quartets across Europe, including the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The third volume of their Beethoven album is out this September. In the past,

We spoke the other day with our favourite French cellist, Valérie Aimard, about her new recording, Cassadó / Casals. We’ve spoken with her before about her two encyclopedic recording projects, Cello Kids and Only Cello, and her last recording, her

Since 2022, the incredibly creative artist Alisa Weilerstein has travelled with her six-part Fragments cycle, featuring unique stage designs and 27 newly commissioned works. I use the title “artist” deliberately because, beyond her role as a cellist, Alisa acts as

Paavo Järvi’s musical roots spring from Estonia. His fruitful collaborations span across Nordic, Germanic, Russian, and transatlantic spheres. Ahead of his 2026 Asian tour, I asked him about the Estonian Festival Orchestra and its repertoire. Paavo spoke warmly about Estonian

A Moment in Time is pianist Christian Blackshaw’s latest album, featuring Schubert‘s late masterworks. A disciple of Sir Clifford Curzon, Blackshaw was the first British pianist to study at the Leningrad Conservatoire during the Cold War. Between 2012 and 2013

Pianist Minyoung Rho’s new recording, à la manière de…, brings together six piano preludes by composer Clifton Callender. Released by Manus Label, the album grew out of a connection that began at Florida State University, where Rho first encountered Callender’s

Hungarian pianist Mariann Marczi’s recent recording projects reveal an artist drawn to the many ways music can evoke ideas beyond sound itself. Across Enchanting Scents, Condensed Gestures, The Face of the North, and Miniature & Monument: Luminous Sonatas, Marczi explores