Five Bizarre Musical Instrument You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Did you know there are over 1,500 musical instruments around the globe? From piano to oboe, musical instruments come in all shapes and sizes. But if we flash back through…
13 Yrs After Losing Arm In Accident, Japanese Violinist Wows Judges On International Stage
Manami Ito of Japan has played the violin since she was a small child, but a tragic accident in 2004 almost ended her musical career before it had properly begun.…
Pianist Joe Jenkins Battles Water Pressure To Perform ‘Under The Sea’ Leaving Netizens Stunned
A recent viral on the internet has left netizens amazed. Joe Jenkins, in his latest stunt was seen playing a piano, underwater. In a recent viral, a man dived…
Remembering a Maestro: On This Day, September 20th, the Legacy of Jean Sibelius Lives On
During the final decade of his life, Jean Sibelius achieved great popularity in English-speaking countries while central Europe and France remained essentially uninterested. Jean Sibelius Sibelius’ music polarized along ideological lines, and…
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: The Sacred Word As Art With A Soul
The rather wonderfully named Italian composer Giovanni Pierliugi de Palestrina was one of the finest and most groundbreaking composers of the Renaissance period. Born precisely in Palestrina, a town…
Gustav Mahler’s Bid For Greatness: The ‘Symphony Of A Thousand’
In 1910 everyone who was anyone attended the premiere of his Eighth, which called for 1,028 performers The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 Stephen Johnson Faber, pp.…
J.S Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Review – Lavish Lang Lang Recording Suffocates The Magic
(Deutsche Grammophon, 4 CDs) Mannerisms and slow tempi squeeze the life out of Bach’s music, with too few flashes of understanding Strip away the glitz and glamour, and ignore the…
William Grant Still, 13 Interesting Facts About the Great American Composer
Composer William Grant Still, Jr., had one of the most fascinating careers in the history of American classical music. He was born in an era of segregation and racial violence when…
Construction Worker Takes a Break to Play the Piano: “The Moment You Realise You’re in the Wrong Job”
We really never know what the person next us has the capability of until they decide to show us. There are so many endless options of hobbies for us to…
Surprising Invitation: Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ Beckons British Commuters at a Bus Stop
In August 2012, commuters were invited to help pianist Andy Jackson play Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” at a bus station in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Each volunteer played a few notes of…