1 in G major – Allegro (1st mvt) Saint-Georges was the first Classical composer of African ancestry and was a champion fencer, conductor and virtuoso violinist. Johannes Brahms – Hungarian ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following is a list of those born in Britain or of British citizenship who have worked in the classical music tradition. Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids. Every time you click a link to ...

For 59-year-old Gabriela Ortiz, one of Mexico’s best-known classical composers, rhythm is often at the center of her music. “The pulse is very important for us, or at least to me. My connection with ...

She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music. Brown produced approximately 300 musical pieces in a variety ...

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

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 ...

Considered one of the great composers of the 20th century, the deeply expressive Béla Bartók synthesised elements of folk music of Hungarian and related cultures into classical forms ...

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 ...

Of the more than 300 works "transmitted" to her, most came from classical composers, but there were also works from John Lennon and jazz pianist 'Fats' Waller. Eccentric Australian composer Percy ...