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Igor Stravinsky: Late Works album review – kudos to Reuss for bringing this spellbinding music to life

Noord Nederlands Orkest and Cappella Amsterdam breathe colour and light into work from the composer’s most austere period

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

The daring women artists of last century were often sidelined as muses. A new book celebrates their brilliance

When I first studied art history in the late 1960s, all artists were men. It seemed, back then, that the act of rendering an image in line and colour, or visualising pure emotion, was confined to the gender that controlled society at the time.

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

"Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job." Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux picks the 10 songs that changed his life

From discovering black metal through Darkthrone to being inspired by Mike Patton for Stranger Fruit, these are the 10 songs that have shaped Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux

Metal Hammer · Aug 14, 2025

Violinist Alena Baeva: 'We need to escape to our imaginary worlds'

Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled "Fantasy", which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning…

France 24 · Feb 26, 2024

Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite – Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro album review – fascinating and intense

An intriguing comparison of sound worlds that includes Falla’s Harpsichord Concerto – one of the lost masterpieces of 1920s modernism

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And, no, she hasn’t seen Tár

Comparisons to Cate Blanchett’s fictional conductor abound. But for Mallwitz that is irrelevant – her work is the thing

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

Seems like fabulous old times as CSO, Riccardo Muti combine for familiar works

The audience knew what to expect Thursday evening, and he delivered the same kind of incisive, involving interpretations that marked so much of his music directorship.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2023

The cross-Africa dance company bringing new life to Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring

At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative – a community selects a sacrificial victim, a virgin who will be martyred to their fertility god to secure a good harvest. The…

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023

How Coco Chanel embroidered her contradictory life story

A feminist hero, Nazi collaborator … and resistance agent? A groundbreaking BBC documentary explores her myths and mysteries

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023

“People thought the Beatles were God. That's not correct”: the genius of Frank Zappa, the rock’n’roll icon who had no time for rock’n’roll

Musical genius, rock’n’roll outsider, sexual obsessive, the ‘original shock rocker’ – this is the epic story of how Frank Zappa became Frank Zappa

Louder · Aug 19, 2023