Editor’s note: This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, and this is one in a series of columns to describe the origins, nature and impact of the events…

If Ludwig van Beethoven’s longing for love was not completely fulfilled in his life, except through the great music he left us, there were other composers who were perhaps a bit…

10 year old Christian Li and 11 year old Chloe Chua have been awarded joint 1st prize in the Junior Division of the 2018 Menuhin Competition This year’s Junior Final,…

Joshua Tan, three years old, performs one of the Twinkle variants at his first Suzuki soloists concert! On May 22, 2014, at St Nicholas Church in Kenilworth. He was the…

The life and work of Thomas Wiggins, who toured as “Blind Tom,” has been given more attention in recent years. Charity Wiggins, a slave on a Georgia plantation, was 48…

There are a few topics that can be difficult to discuss in large groups: religion, politics, and the music of Philip Glass. People tend to either love or hate Glass’s…

“Father of Musick” 400 years ago, on 4 July 1623, William Byrd (1540-1623) died at Stondon Massey, a small village near Chipping Ongar in Essex. According to his will, he was buried…

Everyone knows that the most famous violins in the world were built by Antonio Stradivari. He was a violin maker from Cremona, Italy, who lived from 1644 to 1737. However, you…

Pianist Yunchan Lim exploded onto the international music scene in 2022 when he won the gold medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, joining the ranks of past winners like Radu…

Johann Sebastian Bach playing the organ, not the lautenwerck, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum. Rischgitz/Getty Images Could there be a more unloved, abject literary form than…