Lim Yan is the new artistic director of the Singapore International Piano Festival and the first performer to be at its head. We talk to him about his hopes and expectations for this year's festival following the stellar 25th anniversary last year.
Set in stunning private gardens in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, the New Generation Festival showcases young, talented artists and aims to attract an equally young audience of music lovers.
From sunrise yoga with Sibelius to late night park trails with Debussy, the Oranjewoud Festival promises to make great music enjoyable to everyone, from kids to classical music experts.
From Ghanaian proverbs to the Persian origins of Turandot via a string quartet in helicopters, the Holland Festival really challenges audience expectations.
Ahead of her first concerts with the Philharmonia, the Chinese conductor talks about Shostakovich and the challenges of performing four concerts in four venues in four days.
Tokyo's home of opera, ballet and dance unveils a 2019-20 season that's based on the classics and carefully balanced to give a sampling of many periods and styles.
Under the festival theme of “Darkness of Being, Lightness of Being”, the Istanbul Music Festival offers a chance to explore widely, both musically and geographically.
“Chiaroscuro” is the theme of Trondheim's 2019 Barokkfest, connecting the treatment of light and shade in Baroque paintings with the highly contrasting styles of Baroque music in this year's programme.
We look back at 2018 to view the most performed composers and find some surprising entrants in the top 10. We survey the situation for women composers across the world and discover that life for some is far easier than for the rest.
