A few weeks ago, The Daily Music Break posted a news item on a survey conducted by the streaming service Deezer. The survey, which was reported upon at...
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I recently had the pleasure of attending a performance of Piano Battle at the Colden Center of Queens College. It’s a beautiful venue with a rich jazz...
One of the great things about music is how a good song – or, more accurately, a good melody – can move freely between genres. It’s second nature, of...
It must have been terrifying to be an artist in the Soviet Union during World War II. Classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich seems to have done the best he...
Classical Net has details on the guy with the greatest first name in music history. For an instant, I thought it was a nickname: Along with Piotr Ilyitch...
Lloyds Pharmacy group released a survey this week that said more than 40 percent of respondents reported that music eased their physical pain. Raw Story...
In addition to Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman, the conductor is Seiji Ozawa. The three, and the rest of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, team on...
Here is the beginning of Wikipedia’s profile of Alexander Borodin, who seems to have been an interesting fellow: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin[1] (12...
I struggled a bit with the names of the pieces. If anyone has more precise titles, please let me know. The Music Academy Online discusses the importance...
An interesting quote from Jascha Heifetz–considered one of the greatest violinists ever–on the importance of rehearsing: “If I don’t...
