Composer Ludwig Göransson has bagged his third Academy Award, winning Best Original Score for Sinners. At age 41, this makes ...
American soprano Rainelle Krause has died at the age of 37. Her family have confirmed that she passed away on 17 March after a brief hospital stay. No cause of death has been revealed. Krause’s death ...
American baritone Josh Groban belted out a parody of ‘Zadok the Priest’ as opera critic Timothée Chalamet applauded in the ...
See Einaudi live as he plays this sold-out concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 29 April, complete with indulgent afternoon tea and hotel stay.
The judges on TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent were left speechless when a 92-year-old singer announced who she really was. After 70 years, Shani Wallis delivered a jaw-dropping performance of ‘As ...
The 30-year-old actor and star of A Complete Unknown and Marty Supreme told his Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey, “I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera. Things where it’s like, ‘Hey, ...
Fauré: 15 facts about the Great Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was one of the most influential of French composers, linking the end of Romanticism with the beginnings of the modern era. His ...
It’s one of the greatest Disney songs in history, and Elton John and Lebo M. have just breathed new life into it. But what do the opening Zulu lyrics mean in English? ‘The Circle of Life’, the opening ...
3. The man behind the Gymnopedies The young Maurice Ravel was captivated by new music coming out of Russia, particularly Rimsky-Korsakov’s. He was also introduced by his father to Erik Satie, pictured ...
It’s a medieval torture device that was used – once upon a more primitive time – for publicly shaming bad musicians and other disturbers of the peace. The contraption, which is essentially a heavy ...
2. Mozart's first concert and a European tour (1762 - 1765) The young Mozart was, as we know, an early starter when it came to music. But he was especially young to be a concert pianist in 1762, and ...