What’s the point of being a great musician if it comes at the cost of a life well lived? chibi_m News that the Victorian auditor-general will investigate allegations of an endemic cultural of sexual ...

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"I very much wanted classical training, particularly one which focused on Shakespeare," says Peter Francis James. "Seeing James Earl Jones' Lear gave me the idea that it was conceivable for an African ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 Jason Forbach has always had music in his heart. As a child, he enjoyed listening to music with his headphones and singing along. As he grew, he ...

Musician and critic Jennifer Gersten wants us to transform the way we think about classical music. Perceived by many as “inaccessible, elitist, incomprehensible,” the genre is often marketed by ...

To learn to play a string instrument — like the violin or cello — at a high level takes intense practice, lots of money for instruments and lessons, and ideally, involvement with an orchestra or other ...

Classical vocalist Surabhi Dashputra believes that while music trends continue to evolve, the fundamentals of sur, taal and riyaaz remain timeless.“As a classically trained singer and songwriter, I’ve ...

Why do we focus on the bad news stories about cuts and crises in classical music ? Musicians are doing incredible things to engage, support and sustain us; we should tell those stories too When did ...

Gandharva Mahavidyalaya started in Lahore in 1901 on a radical idea: classical music belongs to everyone, not just the gharana elite. Now it brings sadhana and social mobility together in Delhi.