Breaking Boundaries in Music: 9 Trailblazing Female Composers You Need to Know
We salute some of the finest living female composers you should know. In music, while the likes of Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann and Ethel Smyth are regarded as having made…
Revealed: The Scandalous Lives of 15 Infamous Composers
Which classical composers wreaked the most havoc in their time? Each month, when putting together BBC Music Magazine, we are constantly reminded how composers past and present operate on a…
Top 7 Legendary German Composers Throughout History
Best is quite a troublesome word to associate with almost anything, but here I have the dilemma of attributing it to German composers. In the case of best, I’m also…
A Graceful Return: A former ballerina with Alzheimer’s Hears ‘Swan Lake’ and Bursts into Dance in Her Wheelchair!
Sometimes a video comes along that yanks us right us out of the frustrating fray or mundane monotony of the moment and reminds us of the miraculous gift that life…
“A Dream Come True” 80-Year-Old with Dementia Takes the Stage to Conduct Original Song
There’s something about music that triggers powerful memories, even when those memories are usually out of reach. Five years ago, Paul Harvey of Sussex, England, was diagnosed with dementia. Though…
80-Year-Old with Dementia Crafts Musical Masterpiece with Just 4 Notes
When someone you love has dementia, it can feel like they’re slowly drifting away. Nick Harvey, a composer from East Sussex, England, has been watching his father Paul’s condition advance…
[Video] Smiling 3-Year-Old Plays the Piano and Leaves Everyone Awestruck
The adorable toddler began the video with a smile and a wave for the camera. “Hi, Mommy!” At that point, little Charlotte seemed just like any other 3-year-old girl. Charlotte’s…
Composer with autism becomes first S’porean to win Prague music competition
Paulyn Tay Mr Goi Ywei Chern in Prague for the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition, which was held from July 23 to 31, 2023. SINGAPORE — The sound of the…
Explosive Rivalries: Discover the Untold Stories of 15 Feuding Composers
Sparks fly and verbal venom is spat, as John Evans explores the great names who simply loved to take potshots at each other Take a brief browse at…
From classical music to pop classics, here’s a look at Oregon’s remaining summer concert season
Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square will host contemporary acts, retro musicians are visiting Bend and the Oregon Symphony will launch a far-ranging season From folk-pop tunes by singer-songwriter Noah Kahan to…