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Preview: Karl Lutchmayer performs Busoni’s Piano Concerto
British-Goan pianist Karl Lutchmayer will perform Busoni’s Piano Concerto Op 39 on 30 November at St John’s Smith Square, aRead More -
Introducing Artaud…through exercises
Matt Walters provides Drama teachers with a spooky exercise that will introduce students to Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. WhatRead More -
Louder than words
In November, Selwyn College Choir will help launch a new sacred music anthology. The curator, Louise Stewart, speaks to HarrietRead More -
Marcello Giordani – In Memoriam
Marcello Giordani, the Sicilian tenor, died prematurely on 5 October at the age of 56. At different times in hisRead More -
Divine dances: Robert Levin on Bach’s Six Partitas
Robert Levin considers the incredible variety of dance forms that appear in Bach’s Six Partitas, and finds inspiration for hisRead More -
The lost ‘Emperor’: Czerny’s Grand Concerto in E-flat major
Rosemary Tuck introduces her new Czerny disc featuring the composer’s Grand Concerto No 2 in E-flat major. Begun only daysRead More -
Getting political: opera as activism
Composer and Labour party member Keith Burstein’s latest opera The Prometheus Revolution explores a country in meltdown as the forcesRead More -
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Advertising feature Learn from the best pianists in the world: https://www.tonebase.co/piano With its classical piano platform set for release onRead More -
National treasure: Pål Eide introduces new Grieg album
Norwegian pianist Pål Eide introduces his new solo album recorded on Grieg’s 1892 Steinway in Troldhaugen In 2017, my albumRead More -
Hand on heart
With a UK tour underway and a new album, Sound of Silence, recently released, guitarist MILOŠ’s career is on aRead More -
Artist of the month: Valentine Michaud
The saxophonist speaks to Toby Deller about the challenges and joys of bringing an instrument not usually associated with classicalRead More -
Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach
For Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, named Gramophone Artist of the Year 2019, Bach’s keyboard works offer an intimate and revelatoryRead More -
Preview: Gothic Opera
Gothic Opera, a new London-based opera company, is launching this Halloween with a production of Der Vampyr by Heinrich Marschner.Read More -
From the archives: Vision & spirit
Edition Peters is known by singers and organists alike, but behind the recognisable green cover lies ‘one of the mostRead More -
Inspiring Kids
How children can benefit from joining an orchestra Advertorial Karen Karana Tse, a music educator based between Hong Kong, CanadaRead More -
Q&A: Northumbria Music Degree
We spoke to professor David Smith about the new Music degree at Northumbria University that takes a holistic approach toRead More -
The high-living hillbilly
In the cover feature of this October’s issue of Opera Now, Michael Spyres explains how he found his true ‘baritenor’Read More -
From the archives: Rising to glory
Blenheim Palace is steeped in history, from the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, to the organ from the peak ofRead More -
From the archives: Elgar, Ego and England
To mark the launch of our new digital archive, here is Wilfrid Mellers's essay 'Elgar, Ego and England' from the October/November 1994 issue. -
Preview: Endgame concert series
British pianist James Lisney’s Endgame concert series explores the notion of ‘late style’ through the late piano works of Haydn,Read More
