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Their orchestra is not a sacred object but a tool for struggle – Paris’s musicians join the frontline

L’Orchestre du Nouveau Monde’s young musicians went viral for their defiant performances during the last week’s protests in France. They belong to a fine tradition of radical orchestras. Also, today, what music should soundtrack the Traitors?

The Guardian - UK · 18h ago

Stephen Kovacevich - a pianist who risked oblivion to know what it’s like out on the edge

The death of Stephen Kovacevich, aged 86, was announced yesterday. Tom Service pays tribute to a pianist whose performances were full of beauty, clarity – and danger

The Guardian - UK · 21h ago

Igor Levit: Resistance album review – essential listening in a time of bullies and despots

The German pianist performs these works by Beethoven and Schoenberg – linked by Napoleon – with his characteristic exquisite touch, in interpretations full of poetry

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26

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King plays steel drums at event celebrating Commonwealth diaspora

Charles smiled as Khan Cordice played a rendition of Beethoven’s Fur Elise on the steel pans.

Evening Standard · Oct 14

I hate golf

I’ve been trying to quit the game for years, writes Adrian Chiles. Just when I thought I was out, it pulled me back in …

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14

Pam Tanowitz: Pastoral review – Beethoven explodes into bright bursts of gorgeous dance

Spinning off from the classic symphony with composer Caroline Shaw and artist Sarah Crowner, Tanowitz’s dancers find fresh thinking space

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 80 review – birthday celebration champions bold creativity

Julia Fischer, Pablo Ferrández and Jan Lisiecki brought poetry and virtuosity to Beethoven’s Triple Concerto tour de force and there was vision and cohesion in Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben; Errollyn Wallen’s energetic Flare opened a special evening

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

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The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?

Advances in digital technology mean that avatars are ever more realistic, and zombie concerts are coming our way. Exciting as it might be to witness the Fab Four, or Maria Callas on stage, I’d rather have flesh and blood live experiences any day.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Adnan Sami lives in Mumbai penthouse featuring off-white interiors, a Beethoven manuscript worth over Rs 40 crore, rare antiques, original Bollywood records, Beatles and Elvis Presley memorabilia and home theatre

Adnan Sami house: The singer's Mumbai penthouse displays his deep love for music and art. Rare antiques and original music records fill the elegant off-white residence. Iconic film records and international music memorabilia are showcased on the walls. An original manuscript of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is among his prized possessions.…

The Economic Times · Sep 22

The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed?

US student Linus Chen-Plotkin has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns. Turns out Mozart’s music moves in the least predictable way

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

Forget vinyl v digital debates, this kind of musical ‘authenticity’ brings real rewards

Period instruments are miles away from retro affectation, and as two Proms this week will show, can actually bring historical music up to the moment

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

Munich Philharmonic/Lahav Shani/Martha Argerich review – the great pianist gleams

Argerich stilled a capacity crowd for this prom with her lucid playing of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 2, though the orchestral parts of the programme lacked overall direction

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko/ Hadelich review – flawless musical beauty

In their second Proms concert, the Berlin Phil brought Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (with Augustin Hadelich the virtuosic and breathtaking soloist), and a detailed and compelling take on Scriabin’s third symphony

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4

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The Independent UK · Sep 3

Two beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium including one rescued from shuttered Canadian theme park

Rain, a 20-year-old beluga rescued from Canada, and Beethoven, a 34-year-old who had been at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for decades, both died on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming

The first of two evening proms began with the Los Angeles Phil’s polished but polite Beethoven and intoxicating Adès. Later, the Fantasia orchestra’s bitty playlist-type programme only occasionally sparked into life.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 2

New VR experience puts you at the heart of a live symphony

CUTTING edge technology is being used to give an experience where anyone – no matter their musical experience – will be able to find out what…

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25

From Charli xcx to Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives: the week in rave reviews

The glitch-pop great is back with a banger-stuffed new album, and reality TV may have some new stars thanks to Channel 4. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 21

BBCPhil/Noseda/Selaocoe review – a proms concert that was everything the festival does best

A programme – Bach, Beethoven and a Jessie Montgomery premiere – that looked odd on paper made perfect sense in the hall, with Abel Selaocoe a mesmerising soloist in Montgomery’s ‘These Righteous Paths’

MusicRadar · Jul 8

“One day I was in an elevator with Miles Davis and he said, ‘Hey, do you got a wah wah yet?’ ‘No, I don’t play a wah wah.’ He says, ‘You gotta get a wah wah!’”: Carlos Santana on Miles and McLaughlin, Hendrix and SRV, and his quest for eternal melody

“I wanted my guitar to sound like a female – like the voice of my favourite singers”

Bored Panda · Jul 7

“I Have 12 Felonies”: 82 Surprising Facts That Don’t Match People’s Looks At All

Despite looking like a roadie for Motörhead, I am a classically trained pianist and Beethoven is god.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

Making earwax melt and teeth rattle: the project returning music to our bodies

Listeners in the 17th and 18th centuries experienced music in a startlingly vivid – and physical way. A fascinating academic project is wondering if we should let ourselves be much more moved, and get moving. Plus: a prime minister’s musical legacy?

Guitar World · Jun 15

“Steve Albini died, a friend died, my father died, the father of my wife died. But I want to focus on the positive”: How a composer's approach and 40 DD-3 pedals helped noise masters MONO to heal their grief

Aiming to match sadness with beauty, guitarist and composer Taka Goto explains why, on new album Snowdrop, he channeled classical music through a distortion pedal

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4

Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol 1 album review – fresh-as-a-daisy performances from a duo with a gift for storytelling

Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas

The Guardian - UK · May 26

125th anniversary gala concert review – back to 1901 as Wigmore celebrates birthday playing to its strengths

The veteran chamber music venue kicked off a celebratory two-week festival with a starry lineup of performers playing works that had featured on the first ever programme

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