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La Scala premiers Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

The opera is a tragi-comedy of love, lust and mistaken identity

27/02/2020

World

Abu Dhabi celebrates 250 years of Beethoven with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra performance brought crowds together in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the 250th birthday of German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven.

14/02/2020

Musica

Anoushka Shankar's mesmerising musical journey

Sitar-virtuoso Anoushka Shankar performs the concerto Raga-Mala, composed by her father Ravi Shankar, the most famous Indian musician of the 20th century at Lyon's Auditorium, accompanied by the Orchestre National de Lyon.

13/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Forget politics and bureaucracy. Having a stronger cultural indentity will unite the EU ǀ View

The current mobilisation of right-wing protests against the Establishment, against the bureaucracy of the EU, and against immigration and acceptance of war refugees in Europe, is fed by two interrelated sources: national identity and cultural identity.

10/02/2020

Green News

The robot who just conducted a human symphony orchestra

Do artifical intelligence and music go together?

07/02/2020

Musica

Der Messias: Robert Wilson stages Mozart's oratorio in Salzburg

Der Messias which premiered in Mozart Week in Salzburg in a production staged by American director and visual artist Robert Wilson, known as the 'master of minimalism'

30/01/2020

Musica

Vienna Philharmonic marches to its own tune

The 178-year-old Vienna Philharmonic has played under the baton of some of the world's most famous maestros. But it marches to its own tune.

16/01/2020

Musica

Comedy without the clichés: Don Pasquale charms Zurich

Stage Director Christof Loy has taken a new look at the old classic, ditching the usual clichés to focus instead on the complexity of the characters.

26/12/2019

Musica

Bellini's Pirata: a tale of love, betrayal and madness

Betrayal, despair and madness combine in an unforgettable production of Bellini’s rarely staged masterpiece Il Pirata at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

12/12/2019

Musica

Korngold’s mysterious opera “Die Tote Stadt” mixes Hitchcock and Freud

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was just 23 years old when he wrote the technically difficult opera - before he knew the limits of the voice, resulting in incredible changes of harmony and rhythm and a "crazy maze of different styles.”

28/11/2019

Musica

From Wagner to Broadway: Terfel takes Sydney Opera by storm

The acclaimed bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is joined at the iconic Sydney Opera House by his wife, harpist Hannah Stone to perform great classics, from Wagner to Broadway.

14/11/2019

Musica

Time with the best: Vienna Philharmonic's mastery passed to Peruvian protégés

“Sinfonía por el Perú” is a project created eight years ago by Tenor Juan Diego Flórez which offers free music education to disadvantaged children. Fifty of the young group traveled to Saltzburg to learn from the best. Watch the Musica programme to see how they got on.

31/10/2019

Cult

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra opens Bucharest's George Enescu festival

The concert halls in Bucharest will see over 2,500 musicians of 50 nationalities go on stage for 84 concerts and recitals

11/09/2019

Musica

The power of music: Juan Diego Flórez gives hope to disadvantaged children in Peru

Juan Diego Flórez is proving that music can be a life changer for the poorest and most disadvantaged kids.

05/09/2019

Musica

Gustavo Dudamel electrifies the Rencontres Musicales d'Évian festival

The inspirational conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the festival's specially-created orchestra gave a passionate performance of Brahms' 4th symphony at the grand finale.

25/07/2019

World

How is Iraqi cellist Karim Wasfi using music to fight terrorism?

Iraqi musician & conductor Karim Wasfi is working to bring music to war-torn countries.

19/07/2019

World News

Euroviews. The two layers of Western society ǀ View

Should Western culture (its ways of life, its traditions as developed from the past) be central in the West?

10/05/2019

Musica

Dreisig and Beczala, the irresistible couple in “Manon”

It is a career jump for Elsa Dreisig. For the first time, the Danish-French soprano and 2016 Operalia-winner is performing in Jules Massenet’s 'Manon' at the Zurich Opera House - together with star tenor Piotr Beczala.

02/05/2019

Musica

Hélène Grimaud: "the hope is to convey enough emotion to alter time"

Muscia meets French pianist Hélène Grimaud as she takes to the stage with Lionel Bringuier and the LA Philharmonic Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

04/04/2019

Living

Wellness Trend on Trial: Gong Bathing

We explore the power of gong bathing for promoting inner peace and healing.

11/03/2019