Features
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Premieres: November’s new music
‘Being the composer-in-residence is a strange thing for me, because I don’t necessarily consider myself a composer,’ Christian Marclay (pictured) explains. HeRead More -
City Music Foundation: Wise Words
CMF patron Joan Rodgers will be one of a number of mentors imparting the benefits of her wisdom and experienceRead More -
Festival focus: Musique et Vin
Charlotte Gardner reports from Musique et Vin, where programming meets palate. ‘Wine is not simply an alcoholic beverage’, says BernardRead More -
Interview with Evan Placey, writer of Consensual
Consensual is a 2015 play that explores the dynamics at play in teacher-pupil relationships. It is currently running at theRead More -
Go with the flow
Have you ever experienced your ‘flow zone’ as a musician? Esther Hunt explains how you can develop resilience, manage anxietyRead More -
Health & Wellbeing: BAPAM
Coriander Stuttard concludes her series on health and wellbeing with a look at BAPAM, the umbrella organisation for performing artsRead More -
Academics who dismiss musical literacy have confused recreation with study
A year after Charlotte C Gill questioned the pedagogical significance of western musical notation in the Guardian, the debate hasRead More -
Artist of the Month: Robert Hollingworth
Conductor, singer, teacher, soon-to-be artistic director of Stour music festival: Robert Hollingworth’s commitment to early music is plain to see.Read More -
Q&A: Sophie Fuller (Venus Blazing)
Trinity Laban’s Venus Blazing season kicks off today, putting music by women at the front and centre. Lucy Thraves speaksRead More -
Joby Talbot: Intimate Notes
British composer Joby Talbot shares his experience of writing a new concerto for classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić I’m not aRead More -
Health & Wellbeing: Performance Anxiety
Coriander Stuttard visits a performance psychologist to understand how musicians can learn to accept and overcome anxiety and negative emotions.Read More -
Premieres: October’s new music
It was the magic realism of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges’s work of the same name that inspired Mason Bates’Read More -
Coping with performance anxiety
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Daniel Ficarri’s Exultation for solo organ
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Festival focus: Abu Dhabi
With rapid economic growth comes new avenues for culture. Claire Jackson reports from the Abu Dhabi Festival Abu Dhabi gleams. Its skyscrapers,Read More -
Artist of the Month: Denise Ham
‘People’s personalities are very different in front of orchestras but the worst thing a conductor can be on the rostrumRead More -
What can we learn from how music is taught in other cultures?
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Q&A: John Madden
As artistic director of the National Schools Symphony Orchestra, John Madden heads up a platform to high level musicianship forRead More -
Cambridge Piano Weekend celebrates Cortot
This year’s Cambridge Piano Weekend celebrates the powerful legacy of Alfred Cortot. Bryce Morrison met Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz, aRead More -
A Leap Of The Imagination
A unique multimedia project, built around settings of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite featuring solo piano and ballerina, is about to set off on an ambitious...
