Performer Biographies Are Useless Contributions to Printed Concert Programs (There We Said It)
By John Terauds on April 24, 2023

So who reads performer biographies in concert programs — and how do they help concertgoers?
(Continue reading)We have detected that you are using an adblocking plugin in your browser.
The revenue we earn by the advertisements is used to manage this website. Please whitelist our website in your adblocking plugin.
Get the weekly email about classical music and opera that is actually enjoyable.
Join our growing community of 150,000 readers, for free.
By John Terauds on April 24, 2023
So who reads performer biographies in concert programs — and how do they help concertgoers?
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 17, 2023
In Norway's Arctic, the Global Music Vault stores world's music for future generations, hinting at a bleak future.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 17, 2023
UMG urges Spotify & Apple Music to limit AI use of copyrighted songs, protecting IP in AI music ecosystem.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 17, 2023
In a perplexing twist of international red tape, the Khmelnytsky Orchestra found themselves caught in a bureaucratic snafu that left them without UK visas and over €100,000 in losses.
(Continue reading)By Chris Sivak on April 10, 2023
Investigating AI-generated art and music's influence on artists, its abilities, and concerns about creative processes and artist livelihoods.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2023
Disney's upcoming live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid' modernizes original songs so they affect a more positive message.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2023
In 2012, a 5,000-year-old Bog Oak discovered in Norfolk, UK, inspired Philip Taylor to create a one-of-a-kind violin.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 3, 2023
Looking to unravel the mysteries of Beethoven’s life and death, DNA from locks of the master composer’s hair have been sequenced using a genomic analysis.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 3, 2023
Canadian pianist Kevin Chen has won first prize in the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on April 3, 2023
Chemistry and music may not seem like related fields, but a researcher from Indiana University has come up with a way of converting the visible light that’s given off by the chemical elements into audio signals.
(Continue reading)