Chloe Chua, a 13-Year-Old Violin Prodigy, Delivers a Masterful Performance Roasting TwoSet Violin
TwoSet Violin got roasted by a kid. On Sunday (09/20/2020), the classical comedy duo (composed of Eddy Chen and Brett Yang) shared a new video where they booked a master class with Singaporean…
Unbelievably Hilarious Moments in Classical Music That Will Leave You in Stitches
When people think of classical music, they may imagine tuxedos, evening gowns, and a formal setting. However, sometimes the funniest things happen accidentally when everyone tries to act sophisticated! The…
Alexandra Dovgan’s Captivating Rendition: A Stunning Performance of the “Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25”
Move over “Flight of the Bumblebee.” There might be a harder song to play, and twelve-year-old child prodigy Alexandra Dovgan is showing us how it’s done. This young piano player…
Top Five Must-Listen Pieces by Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune This seductive and sultry orchestral masterpiece quietly wrought a revolution more profound than Wagner’s Tristan. Nocturnes Three contrasting orchestral tone poems – by turns languid, lively and seductive –…
Bach’s Incarceration: Unraveling the Mystery Behind His Imprisonment
Johann Sebastian Bach’s strong awareness of his own genius wouldn’t have made the German composer an easy employee to satisfy. And, indeed, he seemed constantly dissatisfied with his lot throughout…
The Tragic Union of Tchaikovsky and Antonina Milyukova: A Tale of Heartbreak
Tchaikovsky’s marriage to Antonina Milyukova was a disaster, with the composer repressing his homosexuality and finding his wife to be ‘absolutely repulsive’ ‘From today I seriously intend to enter into…
Exploring Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament: Unveiling the Motivation Behind its Creation
Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament reveals the composer’s pain over his encroaching deafness In April 1802 Beethoven travelled north of Vienna, a couple miles away from the bustling city and towards the small village…
Reviving Bach’s St Matthew Passion: Mendelssohn’s Impact
Hard as it is to imagine, there was a time when JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion was virtually unknown outside Leipzig, where it was first performed in 1727. Sporadic performances continued at the…
Introducing the World’s Shortest Professional Pianist
Jon Michael Ogletree lives in a world not easy to navigate for someone his size. On top of that, he’s chosen to make a career out of playing an instrument…
Alma Deutscher: The Musical Prodigy Who Has Mozart as Her “First Language”
We cannot explain what you’re about to hear. Science just doesn’t know enough about the brain to make sense of Alma. Alma Deutscher is an accomplished British composer in…