Last Sunday evening, 5 July, I attended a delightful piano recital entitled Piano Classics. The concert formed part of the Palace Concerts series which I now understand started at the end of ...

We hear from a teenage guitar quartet playing a lively Brazilian piece, an oboist playing a new work by composer Reena Esmail, and a violinist who imagines herself in Brahms’ world when she performs.

Metan "I think quite a lot of people imagine Chopin's (Frédéric Chopin) music when they hear 'Nocturne' in classical music." Zundamon "That quiet and beautiful music! It's often played in commercials ...

Chinese pianist Wang Zitong, 26, takes third place at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on ...

A new exhibition at Tate Britain includes canvases titled after symphonies and nocturnes, but the inspiration flows in both directions. Plus, how Felicity Lott led me to an epiphany Comparisons ...

For the past few days, I haven't been able to shake off the lingering feeling of the long weekend, and I just can't seem to get back into work mode. Even though I thought I had cleared my head by ...

The pianist pauses, takes a preparatory breath, then with the left hand gently plays the notes of a chord, one after another, in a manner called arpeggiation. The right hand introduces the melody, ...

The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today One of the most ...

After a 4th place finish in the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Maxim Naumov is the mix to make the ...

William Heinecke, founder and chairman of hotel and restaurant chain operator Minor International, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference held Oct 14-15, 2025 in Jakarta. Bangkok-listed Minor ...