Music from over 150 composers to enjoy from John Adams to Fanny Mendelssohn, Florence Price to Alexander Zemlinksy. Search by surname, click on pieces to play them in BBC Sounds, then simply click ...

Mozart owned a starling, Shostakovich loved his dog, and Ravel was smitten with his kittens. We take a look at our favourite composer-pet relationships. Life can be lonely for a composer, who may ...

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Pianist Loren DiGiorgi quite humorously and musically reimagined famous classical composers such as Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, popular just as ‘Beethoven’ is undoubtedly one of the most famous and iconic music composers ever. Even people who do not know who a music composer is, has heard the name ...

Romantic composer Robert Schumann had an extremely turbulent life, with several episodes of overwhelming depression that quite literally haunted him. Despite this, or rather because of this, he was ...

4. In the musical scores of the time the composer created his own very characteristic language and individual form of musical beauty as a result of which he was called a 'contemporary classic' even ...

Jeremy Sams selects his favourite version of Poulenc's Stabat Mater, and Flora Willson shares her choices of the latest ...

Érico Bomfim has previously received funding from Capes (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior). James Deaville does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

Njabulo Phungula Wins Henri Lazarof International Commission Prize A panel of judges has selected composer Njabulo Phungula as the winner of the Henri Lazarof International Commission Prize. Now in ...

The BBC announced plans to launch new music extensions of Radio 1, Radio 2, and Radio 3, earlier in the year. BBC Radio 3 ...

The 37-year-old French-Georgian, who has collaborated with major mainstream artists like Coldplay and A$AP Rocky, released ...