The house where Ferruccio Busoni lived from 1902-08, and where he composed his monumental piano concerto, was remembered with a memorial plaque yesterday in Berlin. Next month sees the centenary of the composer’s death.
Igor Levit, an outstanding interpreter of the concerto, shared his experiences of playing it at age 18.
There’s a famous 1947 Cartier-Bresson photograph of Igor plus Puss which we can’t reproduce. The composer was feline in so many ways. And he composed The Owl and the Pussycat, a forerunner to theLloyd Webber […]
The Swedish music app has published results for the final quarter of 2024, its first full year of profitability. Revenue rose 16 per cent year-on-year to €4.2 billion. Users grew by 12 percent to 675 […]
Peter Yarrow, of the 1960s folk trio, died today of bladder cancer, aged 86. Paul (Noel Paul Stookey) is the last survivor. Contrary to their cleancut image, Peter was jailed for three months for indecency […]