Interviews
Drawing on over two decades across the US, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, Cindy Hwang reflects on cultural leadership, audience connection, and how thoughtful programming can shape the future of classical music worldwide.
News
PARMA Recordings has acquired MSR Classics and its 800-strong catalogue, expanding its growing classical portfolio and ensuring continued distribution, administration, and visibility for one of the industry’s most respected independent labels.
Know Your Composer
Frédéric Chopin transformed the piano into a voice of intimacy and lyricism. Through nuance, rubato, and emotional restraint, his music speaks like poetry, revealing inner worlds rather than outward spectacle.
Music Education
Stage fright affects musicians at every level, but it need not define performance. With psychological insight, physical awareness, and thoughtful preparation, anxiety can be transformed into focus, confidence, and expressive freedom on stage consistently live.
Music Education
An accessible introduction to essential jazz standards for classical musicians, exploring melody, harmony and rhythm while offering practical insights into how these timeless pieces can expand musical fluency and creative confidence.
Music Technology
A clear, practical guide to understanding audio interfaces, explaining how they work, why they matter, and how to choose the right one for recording, teaching, or music production, without unnecessary jargon or brand-driven hype.
Interviews
Piano-born yet guitar-haunted, Granados’s 'Danzas españolas' find new life in a complete duo transcription by Eugenio Della Chiara and Pietro Locatto. They discuss tradition, tuning, colour, and the intimacy of playing as one.
Ukrainian organist Dariia Lytvishko discusses her debut NAXOS album Toccatas and Meditations, the enduring allure of the French organ tradition, and how she bridges history, emotion, and innovation to bring the instrument to new audiences worldwide.
Winner of the Leeds and Montréal competitions, pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko discusses his NAXOS debut of Soler’s sonatas, his formative influences, and the artistic journeys that continue to shape his rapidly ascending career.
International pianist and pedagogue Penelope Roskell discusses her ‘Essential Piano Technique’ series, offering insights on injury prevention, artistry, and nurturing confident young pianists through imaginative teaching methods that blend technique and musicality from the start.
Ronald Perlwitz, Head of Music at the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, shares his vision for fostering musical innovation rooted in tradition and shaping cultural exchange through performance, education, and policy.
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Beethoven transformed music from courtly entertainment into a public, philosophical art. His symphonies, sonatas, and ideals of expression continue to define how modern concert halls programme, perform, and listen.
Goa’s concert calendar opens with a landmark appearance by the SOI Chamber Orchestra, led by Marat Bisengaliev. With a rich touring legacy and a strong education mission, the ensemble promises an unforgettable evening.
Violinist Linda Hedlund discusses musical archaeology, interpretative responsibility, and reviving forgotten Finnish concertos, revealing how archival rediscovery, orchestral listening, and historically informed performance shape her latest Naxos recording.
Listening to a symphony does not require expertise, only curiosity. This guide offers first-time audiences practical ways to engage with orchestral music, from following musical conversations to embracing emotion, attention, and discovery in the concert hall.
Classical music reveals itself through familiarity, not theory. Repeated listening trains the ear, deepens emotional connection, and builds understanding over time, proving that attentive return matters far more than technical knowledge.
A clear and practical guide to preparing for a music conservatory audition, covering repertoire choices, practice strategies, musicianship, and mental readiness, with insights into what audition panels truly listen for.
Haydn’s “Clock” Symphony blends wit and architectural mastery, turning a simple ticking rhythm into a meditation on time, Enlightenment order, and public listening in late eighteenth-century London.
Introducing children to classical music works best when it begins with curiosity rather than instruction. Through listening, stories, and live experiences, classical music can become a source of joy, imagination, and lasting attention.
In a world driven by speed and distraction, classical music continues to offer something rare: deep attention, meaningful silence, emotional privacy, and a relationship with time that rewards patience rather than urgency.
A postponed anniversary trip becomes a reflective journey through Vienna, tracing Beethoven’s restless life, his many homes, and the music written there, while walking the paths that inspired one of history’s greatest composers.
A reflective exploration of Christmas music that resists spectacle, tracing a quieter tradition of sacred listening where stillness, restraint, and inward attention reveal the season’s deeper meanings.
Classical music need not be intimidating. This guide shows how to build your first playlist by focusing on mood, flow and listening pleasure rather than history, helping newcomers explore with confidence and curiosity.