La musique est le langage de l'âme
The younger generation of concert-hall composers is performing, conducting, and producing their own recordings — a genuine shift from the commission-and-wait model of previous decades. Seventy-two new orchestral works were…
The British pianist Stephen Hough wrote in 2019 that the per-stream rate he earned for his recordings of Schubert and Liszt sonatas, on the dominant streaming platforms, was effectively imperceptible.…
The mixing room at Abbey Road Studio 3 keeps a Studer A820 threaded and a Pro Tools HDX session open at the same time. Photograph: archival reference. In January, I…
Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians turned fifty in 2026. The work, premiered at Town Hall in New York on April 24, 1976, has aged into something between a concert…
Recording string quartets at high quality has historically required dedicated classical recording venues — converted churches, purpose-built halls, the great recording rooms in London (Air Studios, Henry Wood Hall), Berlin…
The modular synthesizer is a peculiar musical instrument: it has no keyboard, no fixed signal flow, no factory presets, and no obvious user interface. The working musician has to build…
The contemporary opera economy is in an unusually interesting period. Several of the major houses have become genuinely committed to commissioning new work, several festivals have made world premieres a…
The barrier to professional-quality music recording has never been lower. What once required tens of thousands of dollars in studio time and hardware can now be accomplished in a spare…
Vinyl records have experienced a remarkable renaissance. Global vinyl sales surpassed $1.2 billion in 2024, marking the 18th consecutive year of growth and outselling CDs for the fourth year running.…
Picking up the guitar is one of the most rewarding musical journeys you can take, and the best part is that you can learn guitar at home without ever stepping…