But he still found time for music: classical-trained, he was a composer, and played several musical instruments, including the violin, the harp, and the guitar. He also put his name and efforts into ...

Researchers used brainwave measurements and neural imaging to show how classical music elicits positive effects on the brain. The post Scientists figure out why classical music is good for our brains ...

Traditional figure skating music is often classical or instrumental — Boléro, Swan Lake, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 — or expansive movie scores from films like “Gladiator ...

Read more: 30 of the greatest classical music composers of all time Marin Alsop – conductor. American conductor Marin Alsop has been a crucial figure in progressing classical music over the past ...

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK Classical music is being used to disperse unhoused people. There are some deeply flawed assumptions at play here. Some were shocked when the LA Metro police piloted a program of ...

5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now. George Lewis’s first opera, ... As such, historical figures represented in his text dissolve into a collective voice.

Modern classical music is bedevilled by what might be called the Kandinsky Problem. ... In his opening discussion of 1989-era figures, one stands apart: Masami Akita, ...

It’s clear that, by the numbers at least, the business of classical music has been in a heap of trouble for some time; what is less clear is why. Pundits from different corners of the arts world ...

The 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, announced on 14 June, included a number of musicians and classical music figures recognised for their services to the art form, spanning performance, education, ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., in his book “Stride Toward Freedom,” wrote, “On a cool Saturday afternoon in January 1954, I set out to drive from Atlanta, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama ...

Widely acclaimed as a scholar of Black classical performers past and present, Thurman has played a leading role in documenting the vast history of Black lives in German-speaking Europe. Drawing on ...