The most bizarre composer facts Ever wanted to know some truly odd facts about the great composers? Some might've been embellished over the years, but we can't get enough of these strange and ...

Salzburg has hit a bum note with its latest Mozart tribute, after 210 golden statuettes of the composer disappeared from an ...

This week, the Trump administration declared tubas, trombones, trumpets, and French horns a national security threat. Yes, really. Brass instruments could soon face a 25% tariff on imports, parts, and ...

The 67-year-old will be the main act to perform at the inaugural Land of Song Festival, held in Cardiff’s Principality ...

One in three UK adults wish they had continued making or studying music when they were younger, new research has found, as ...

Internationally-acclaimed piano player, Yuja Wang, is the subject of a new documentary, titled YUJA. One of the most dynamic ...

22 of the best insults in classical music If you thought classical music was all about peaceful tunes and harmony, think again. The gloves are off and the claws are out as we explore some of the ...

Most of us would be hard pressed to describe the characters, plot or musical development of Delibes’s three-act opera Lakmé. Its resurgent popularity in the 1990s was down to one thing: the use of one ...

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A viral tweet recalls a wonderful anecdote, written into classical music lore, that when Mozart grew bored in opera rehearsals, he would start miaowing and acting like a cat. Fur real... Wolfgang ...

3. Reforming the waltz Joseph Lanner was one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even high society could enjoy. His Quartet expanded ...