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The Irish soprano talks about singing Mozart’s Così fan tutte with English National Opera, in London and Manchester – and how the wily Despina is the perfectly subversive character for her. 

From Buxtehude, Bach and Handel, to contemporary composer Liza Lim, we take a tour of the myriad forms of composers’ handwriting and calligraphy – and how music makes itself on the page.

Fact v fiction: with a new television serialisation of Shaffer’s play about to screen, just how mediocre a composer was Salieri and how did the myth that Salieri poisoned Mozart take hold?

The City of Birmingham Symphony’s leader talks about leading Mozart’s last Violin Concerto – a work full of sunshine, clarity and transparency. 

With former members including Haydn and Schubert, the Vienna Boys Choir traces its origins to 1498, making it one of the most venerable choral organisations in the world.

The British horn player talks about her musical life in Berlin, Kirill Petrenko and her Cuban adventures.

In 2023 the Savonlinna Opera Festival once again offers a unique, summertime operatic experience – situated in a medieval lakeside castle.

How to select a top ten from over 600 works by one of the world's greatest composers? An impossible task...

Tino Rossi as Schubert, Gustav Leonhardt as Bach or Gérard Depardieu as Marin Marais: here's a selection of musical biopics worthy of your attention during lockdown.

From Dvořák to Beethoven, Prague is a treasure trove for those who want to find out more about the life and work of some of the greatest composers.

They have been the butt of musical jokes for a long time: but today more than ever, viola players must be taken seriously. Here is a study on the surprising evolution of an instrument still not celebrated enough.

Intensive, precise rehearsal builds trust between musicians, which permits artistic freedom in performance: the Bamberg Symphony's young Chief Conductor tells us how it's done.

For Mozart obsessives, ten of the best and most significant places from the composer’s life. 

Hanging around in graveyards isn’t just the reserve of goths: here are the places classical fans of a morbid persuasion should go.

If it wasn't for Anton Stadler, would Mozart have been inspired to write such great works for the clarinet, giving the instrument a new place in the spotlight?

Mozart’s final months and Requiem mass are a source of popular fascination. But was 1791 really his annus horribilis? 

Julian Prégardien spricht über sein Hausdebüt an der Wiener Staatsoper, seine eigene Suche nach Weisheit und seine Liebe zu Wien und Schubert.

Tous les mois, le jeune violoniste Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut nous fait découvrir l'envers du décor de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, notre chroniqueur nous montre les coulisses d'une session d'orchestre.

Die Nachdenklichkeit, die jede Zeit mit sich bringt, kann auch mit einer Prise Witz unterlegt werden; da sollte die Musik keine Ausnahme machen.

Am Weihnachtsabend 1781 begegneten sich Muzio Clementi und Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart für einen Wettstreit am Klavier in der Wiener Hofburg.