Monthly Archives: April 2015

What if Bach had a facebook profile ? So much for frigid, boring Classical musicians !

If you think of Bach’s persona as serious, that impression might change when you have a look at this parody Facebook profile… Do you think facebook will be a biographical […]

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Harmony project

To counter school dropout rates, the non-profit organization Harmony Project has been created in the poorest neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The project promotes learning music as a way to increase […]

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How cultured to artistic directors need to be to work in the field ?

After seeing this video in which the artistic director of the Paris Opera cannot recognize some of the most popular romantic pieces, we have some questions… Does this change the […]

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Madame Butterfly opera turns into an animated film

Watching this video allow you to read the opera’s story while hearing it. Could comics be a new way to expand classical music audiences?

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What does emptiness sound like ?

” The sound of empty space ” is the new project of composer/media artist Adam Basanta. In his installation, a microphone turns around speakers that generate feedback whose frequencies are […]

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Nora, pianist cat

Composer Mindaugas Piecaitis has arranged for a Catcerto for chamber orchestra taken from Nora the pianist cat’s viral video. Must listen !

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Education : with or without arts learning ?

Floride University recently published this infographic where we clearly see that learning arts helps to develop skills that could not be obtained through scientific learning alone. Students aptitudes in the […]

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Audience simulator

To help music students counter stage fright, the Royal College of Music based in London have created an audience simulator. Using a big screen, in shows people gradually take a seat in […]

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Practice better in 8 steps

Robert Duke from Texas University studied high levels pianists who had to learn three mesures of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 1. Discover the conclusions of the study here !   […]

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Listening to music is good for the heart (literally)

Journalist Tom Jacobs brings up a Greek study that determined heart health is increased by daily music listening. Interestingly, the positive effect of the music depends on how much the […]

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