The full list of 2014 British Composer Awards
Last night the British Composer Awards were held at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. Nine of the winners in 13 categories had never won a British Composer Award before, and Sir…
Wolfgang Rihm wins the world’s biggest prize for composition
The 2015 Grawemeyer Award has been given to Wolfgang Rihm for his 15-minute orchestral work IN-SCHRIFT 2. Awarded annually by the University of Louisville, the Grawemeyer Award is worth $100,000 and…
From today to Christmas Eve free high-resolution downloads from Linn
As in previous years, Linn is offering free Studio Master quality high-resolution music downloads in the run-up to the festive season, in its ’24-bits of Christmas’ promotion. From today, December…
Top 10 Chopin recordings from Gramophone
Here is Gramophone’s guide to the ten best ways to expand your Chopin collection: No 1 Piano Concertos Martha Argerich pf Montreal SO / Charles Dutoit (Warner Classics) ‘Allure, brilliance…
Ballet stars beautiful dance among us
The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty – ballet makes up so much of the music we know and love, but what about the dancers? We thought we’d find out…
Ballet stars beautiful dance among us
The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty – ballet makes up so much of the music we know and love, but what about the dancers? We thought we’d find out…
Ballet stars beautiful dance among us
The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty – ballet makes up so much of the music we know and love, but what about the dancers? We thought we’d find out…
“you’ve got something that’s quite unique.” Hugh Bonneville talked about Downton Abbey
Bonneville says he has encountered many people who get caught up in the series when they only intended to watch a single episode. “There’s a strange thing… a page-turning compulsion…
“you’ve got something that’s quite unique.” Hugh Bonneville talked about Downton Abbey
Bonneville says he has encountered many people who get caught up in the series when they only intended to watch a single episode. “There’s a strange thing… a page-turning compulsion…
The greatest American composers ever
Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein’s big break came quite by chance when he was called to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at the last minute when Bruno Walter was struck…