J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould)  © www.francemusique.fr We were thinking about Bach’s Goldberg Variations the other evening. Written, as related by Bach’s biographer Johann Forkel, for the ill and often…

Like many parents, Tao Xie and Nicole Sun started looking for something to keep their 3-year-old busy during the novel coronavirus lockdown.         Nicole plays…

 Next time you feel like calling in sick because of your allergies or your cramps, think about the pianist Liu Wei. The 23-year-old had both arms amputated after touching…

 Some people say that all of our good deeds come back to us in some way. Bill Magnusson hopes that, in the long run, his generosity will benefit not…

Watch Ella’s version of “Interstellar” below, and be sure to share this story.  We’re all blessed with a talent of one kind or another, but some gifts make everyone sit…

Talent is usually a combination of hard work and natural ability. While some people are born with an uncanny ability to paint, sing, or play an instrument, they still have…

João Carlos Martins is a renowned Brazilian musician and conductor, but because of a degenerative disease, he hasn’t been able to play the piano with both hands and all of…

 György Ligeti’s wild, radiantly paradoxical Violin Concerto has captured the imagination like few other modernist works of the last 30 – even 50 – years. The piece was composed…

John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951), although forgotten now, was one of the leading American composers of the early 20th century. Both his songs and his orchestral music were performed widely, and,…

Her affair with Debussy resulted in a scandal that split the Parisian music world apart – and almost led to the death of Debussy’s first wife. Today we’re looking at the life…