In musical terms, this means writing for the orchestral instruments as they currently exist, adding new voices and techniques at the peril of being relegated to special “new music festivals” meant to ...

It’s the first of April and we are welcoming a special guest (believe us: you will know him when you hear him). He introduces us to a fascinating mix of early music and Renaissance era instruments and ...

Bogányi writes on the piano’s promotional website that he is following in the footsteps of the great Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt, who worked with 19 th-century piano manufactures to ...

Concert halls and symphony orchestras try to lure younger listeners by mutilating the music. There’s a better way.

The guys with the long-hair are very worried about the issue of old music. No wonder. With so many classical music concerts, they have received news that there is some guy running around town playing ...

The iPad can now be used as a classical musical instrument after a film composer developed a sophisticated new app that could revolutionise the way we engage with music. Brian Lock, senior lecturer in ...