Top Five Best Albums from Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck’s rhythmic and tonal free-wheeling helped him become the epitome of 1950s and ’60s cool. We name his best recordings on disc: Jazz at Oberlin (1953) Fantasy Records OJC-31991-02…
Amazing Performance Starts as Passenger Sits at Public Piano
This piano was set at at Train Terminal in Paris I bet those passengers who frequent this particular train station even forgot it was there until this guy came. Source:…
Top Seven Masterpieces by Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov’s compositions were the last representations of the Romantic Style in Russia. Rachmaninov was born into a musical family and studied the piano at the Conservatoire in St Petersburg from the age of…
Triumph of Wellington: Beethoven’s Musical Celebration of Napoleon’s Downfall
Although the great composer once idolised Napoleon Bonaparte, his affections turned and in 1813 he celebrated Wellington’s Victory in music How did Beethoven feel about Napoleon? Once upon a time, Beethoven idolised…
Public Piano Performance by Traffic Marshal Leaves Everyone Astonished!
Talking about public pianos; it’s basically made for curious stranger people who have rarely played piano before and they just came to hit random keys and see how does it…
Guiding Through Turbulent Times: Yo-Yo Ma’s Three-Hour Performance of Bach’s Six Cello Suites
“Believe it or not, this was the very first piece of music I started on the cello when I was four years old,” said Yo Yo Ma before playing the “Prelude”…
The Concert BACH A CHILD OF THE STARS will be held in September
Early music specialist, Bach Akademie Australia – with their redoubtable director and violin virtuoso Madeleine Easton – will return to form with three spectacular concerts, in Sydney, Glenbrook and Chatswood.…
Elderly Woman’s Remarkable Street Piano Performance Leaves Crowd Astonished
Beside a fountain in a public space in Russia, there was an old piano a senior lady decided to sit down and play on. When she started to perform, everyone…
Amazing Violin Melodies Worth Giving Your Ear’s Attention to: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and More
The violin is a string instrument widely used since its development in 16th century Italy. From that point on, composers have written incredible music for this instrument in solo and…
7 famous classical musicians who struggled with stage fright
Are you one of the growing number of performers who are acknowledging that they face the challenge of stage fright? It seems like the topic has been getting a lot…