Composers in summer (1): Philip Glass

The winner at the piano section of the 2024 George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest last night was Roman Lopatynskyi from Kyiv. The runners-up were both Russian: Tatiana Dorokhova and Evgeny Konnov. When the war […]

Apache Dance An Apache dance, if you’ve never come across one before, is a highly dramatic performance associated with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. It reenacts a violent “discussion” between […]

The Stonemason’s Yard Think Venice, especially if you have never been there, and chances are that the view that springs to mind will have been painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto. He was […]