“If you’re bullshitting it shows,” says Nigel Kennedy
On the eve of his Australian tour, the controversial violinist talks about his greatest musical influences and standing up Yehudi.
On the eve of his Australian tour, the controversial violinist talks about his greatest musical influences and standing up Yehudi.
Newly recovered and recorded, the composer whose life was cut short at the Somme is assuming his rightful place.
German virtuoso thereminist Carolina Eyck made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of 15 and never looked back. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The director of the BBC’s epic Hollow Crown on Shakespeare, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville and Benedict Cumberbatch. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The composer was interviewed by Françoise Esselier 45 years ago, here are his thoughts on Boulez, Cage and Stockhausen. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Properly given, and equally well-received, a kind word can change a day from cloudy with scattered showers to full sun.
What do you get when you place nuts and bolts on the keys of an organ (apart from a smack on the wrist from the organist)? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Canadian composer explains her addiction to '90s screen culture and karaoke in Sex, Lynch and Video Games.
Saimir Pirgu discusses the challenges and excitement of taking on the Shepherd in Szymanowski’s operatic masterpiece. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Inside the sex and politics of the Weimar-era musical, from Isherwood's Berlin to the latest production at the Hayes.
Richard Katz and British company Complicite take you deep into the jungle for an immersive, mind-bending Encounter.
As a contemporary of Strauss and Schoenberg, it was inevitable that Alexander Zemlinsky’s brilliance would be overshadowed.
Andrew Upton contemplates the magnetic qualities that compel us to revisit the great Russian playwright time and time again.