‘Contemporary music’ is a very vague term. It means different things to different people. In fact, governments around the world…
Conductor and composer Lorin Maazel has died from complications of pneumonia at his home in Castleton, Virginia, aged 84. Lorin…
"Japan's Beethoven" Mamoru Samuragochi has admitted he is not totally deaf, amid an ongoing scandal over his use of a…
Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer who has been dubbed "Japan's Beethoven", has admitted hiring someone else to write his music…
British composer John Tavener has died at the age of 69. Sir John Tavener, one of the leading British composers…
Conductor Daniel Barenboim is stepping down as musical director of La Scala opera house two years early at the beginning…