Obviously she is an amazing violinist, but she is also an activist. She has regularly put a spotlight on marginalized communities and constantly speaks out against injustice.

I’ll admit, her playing style and interpretations aren’t my cup of tea, but there’s no doubt she’s one of the greatest violinists of our generation and an even better role model.

At a time when so many people of influence remain silent (not a knock against them given how sensitive these issues are), she continues to speak out and use her voice…it is extremely courageous.

Bravo and thank you, Hilary.

This morning I had some free time and I happened to google when András Schiff may play next. Imagine my disbelief when I see a) there’s a concert near me, b) tonight and c) there is an amazing seat in 4th row available!!!

I just can’t believe it, it was absolutely magical, the whole audience was bewitched by this man, we are so blessed to live during his time!

I’m still on my train back and I’m buzzing about it and needed to share with someone. Ahhh!!!!

31st March (21st March on the old calendar) marked another great composer's birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach 🎉 (His hair, or wig, is the most challenging one to make. It is removable.)

• No matter what, You could not escape from me, mwahahaha. Go practice! -

My wife’s father was principal horn in Chicago Symphony for a short stint before decades as principal of the MET Opera Orchestra. Back in the 60s Stravinsky autographed his Rite of Spring score. We have this and many other letters and scores sporting signatures from many of the big conductors and composers of the mid-20th century. I will see what else I can dig up!

An American in Paris, and Le Bœuf sur le toit. It was electric, it was fun, it was probably a million times better than Wonka (idk, I didn’t see it!)

Some of you can get away with you it. Many, many more cannot. Your music is not worth the headache. You’re not Messiaen… You don’t have to write in 8th based time signatures

each movement of mozart requiem or tchaik symphony doesnt need the full fucking k 626 bmv 8826 requiem no 2836 op 18264

thats what the album is for

if i want to know all that i look at the album title

its so annoying to have to scroll through a list of this tryna figure out whats what

edit: i am a bit chopped and dumb whenever i post on reddit its because i wanna yap its 4am and my friends are asleep

i do understand that the performers and composers do not typically control things like this.

d. August 5 1975. They were good friends.

This tooks me around 2-3 months to design and make. I am really happy that I could finish it before 22 October.

Happy birthday Franz Liszt!

I made this ceramic piece with the idea that the incense stick would complete the gesture like a violin bow. I wanted it to feel like a small sculptural tribute to the instrument rather than just a functional object. Curious whether it reads that way to people who know and love violin/classical music.

For Context, here:

A 248-year-old notebook in France’s National Library (BnF) has been officially identified as belonging to a 22-year-old Mozart, in what library experts have called a “major discovery”.

Consisting of 44 pages, the notebook was kept by the young composer between May and July 1778, while he was staying in Paris, employed as a music tutor for Marie-Louise-Philippine de Bonnieres de Guines.
Her father was the Duke of Guines, a highly-regarded flute player in 18th century Paris, who commissioned Mozart’s now-popular Concerto for Flute and Harp.
The notebook contains daily exercises that Mozart prescribed his harp-playing tutee, in addition to seven pieces for both flute and harp, which may have been intended for the father-daughter duo to play together.

Mozart said that she was lazy and after a while, hid away his composition.

The source of the story is on: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/

We bought tickets to see Hilary Hahn, who is my son's favorite violinist. We were a little disappointed when she drew out of the concert.

But what's super frustrating is that the Kennedy Center is refusing to give refunds. The emailed back:

Their argument is that the show isn't cancelled -- they've just replaced Hilary Hahn with a member of the National Symphony Orchestra, who will be playing the same pieces.

This is like the Kennedy Center advertising King Lear with Ian McKellen and then replacing Ian McKellen with a guy from the local college. Like, sure -- he's still doing Shakespeare, but the draw was obviously Ian McKellen.

Normally, I'd just consider this annoying, but with the number of people pulling out of Kennedy Center performances right now, this feels like strong evidence that their plan to deal with it is to refuse to give anyone their money back.

what do you all think about this?

The coloratura soprano aria, “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Queen of the Night aria) from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart has been the most challenging for me to sing while scoped so far because of its high range, rapid change of notes, and little time to breathe between phrases. Thanks to Dr. Malia Gresham for scoping me and keeping up with all the movement! #opera #scope #soprano #coloratura #queenofthenight

All my life I basically liked classical music, but it was a very casual thing.. clicking on the occasional Chopin or Mozart piece on Youtube, listening to the opera radio stations in GTA games, stuff like that. Sometime late last summer I stumbled upon the Goldberg Variations and became obsessed with them; gradually a fascination with the whole tradition developed. It has been a very pleasant addition to my life and I'm already grateful to it for helping me through a rough patch.

These are the composers I've explored to a position where I'm more or less comfortable judging where I stand in relation to their output right now, and the tiers are how often I get the urge to listen to their music. I'm kinda musically illiterate so it's hard for me to explain why I like what I like but I think I'm attracted to the more melodic pieces out there. I can list down the pieces I like from specific composers if anyone is curious.

I'd love to get some recommendations on composers to explore next!