It's no secret Toronto is home to an incredible amount of music. But did you know Toronto has one of the highest concentrations of composers in Canada? Here are our picks for the top ten composers from Toronto that you should follow on SoundCloud.

In appreciation, a partial list of the classical music artists who have died in 2016.

As part of our ongoing "most influential" series, we asked some of Toronto's modern-day masters of composition to choose three composers who have influenced them the most. These results were compared and tallied to create a top ten list of the most influential composers between them.

For those wondering why you live where the air hurts your face, here's a classical music playlist that will make you feel better about the whole situation.

There is something miraculous when exceptional talent emerges in a child. There is even a special word for it — prodigy — which some comes with as much expectations, as much as it does wonderment.

Pure misery transcribed into sound — these are our picks for the ten saddest classical music pieces ever written.

A slice of life or an occupational hazard? Six classical musicians with a criminal past.

La traviata, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, and Barber of Seville are all well-established classic operas. But did you know they all started off as miserable failures?

A compilation of classical musicians who have revealed their perfect/absolute pitch ability to the public.

There have been some real doozies in the world of classical music album covers. Like an eclipse of the sun, we recommend you don’t stare directly at them.