¡Feliz Navidad!
November 13, 2024
When it comes to how we celebrate Christmas around the world, customs and traditions couldn’t be more diverse. But what unites almost all celebrations is
When it comes to how we celebrate Christmas around the world, customs and traditions couldn’t be more diverse. But what unites almost all celebrations is
When we look back at music history, we like to summarize past eras with a handful of composers who were active in the respective period.
In November 1843, Carl Reinecke made his debut as a pianist at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with a work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The composer himself
Johann Nikolaus Forkel’s contribution to the world of music is inestimable, even if you are perhaps hearing about him for the first time. With his
Whether as a ten-year-old under the wing of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, as a young pianist holding his own among Cherubini, Rossini, Berlioz and Liszt in
When it comes to the musical work of Joseph Haydn, there is no getting around the name of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Starting out as
Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most successful works in musical history. Just how timeless both the plot and
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?I play the clarinet and my first project with the Kölner
When you think of Dutch composers, the colourful name Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-1857) might not come to mind as quickly as his contemporary Johannes
Michael Alexander Willens has long since made a name for himself with works from very different repertoires, which he rediscovers for our musical life with