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For five decades, Irvine Arditti has been at the forefront of new music for string quartet. Ahead of concerts at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Arditti talks about his many collaborations with composers – including a long friendship with Toshio Hosokawa.

Born 100 years ago, the music of Hungarian composer György Ligeti is varied and multiplicitous, displaying a voracious curiosity and a multifaceted imagination.

A musical exploration of the roots of Halloween (and associated festivals La Toussaint and El Día de los Muertos) – when the dead come alive and walk among us.

Scattered by lockdown, orchestras still appear on video in fantastic layouts. Inspired by this, let's explore the history of orchestral layouts and of composers' strange experiments.

In anticipation of Dutch National Opera’s production in 2019, we talk to Stockhausen’s muse about the challenges and consequences of the composer’s week-long operatic cycle.

From jazz-inflected musical theatre to consciousness-expanding musique concrète, these are the most influential works of the last century.