To celebrate International Women’s Day, BBC made a musical playlist of pieces composed by women such as Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, and more recent composers like Charlotte Bray, Anna Clyne, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Hannah Kendalland et Dobrinka […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Recycled instruments
This video shows young musicians whose instruments are made with recycled materials. We can see young boy who built cello all by himself, using oil metal can founded in dumping […]
Female conductors
To correct the gender gap in the field of orchestral conduting, Morley College in London has created a class where young women are taught how to lead an orchestra. They […]
The band The Eagles forbids mobile phones at their concerts
While classical concerts develop applications such as LiveNote and digital program notes, somes bands such as The Eagles forbid mobile phone use during their concerts. With this gesture, it is […]
Art for art return
Journalist Wendy Earle takes a stand about the popular cultural politics of democratization that encourages inclusiveness in contemporary artistic production. According to him, this perspective has the potential to damage […]
From last minutes plane tickets to last minute concert tickets
A sexagenarian man spent a night in prison because he sat in an empty seat more expensive than the one he paid for while attending the Le Fantôme de l’Opéra premiere at […]
Does what we see affect our auditory aesthetic judgments?
Writer and Médecine des arts founder Doctor Arcier is asking just this question. Is it not difficult to close your eyes in order to base aesthetic jugements on music and nothing […]
What do people wonder about the orchestra?
How much are conductors paid? Why do trumpet players have big egos? Apparently these are the most pressing questions on people’s minds when it comes to orchestras, which may reveal […]
Losing your memory? Try listening to music !
Oliver Sacks pioneered they discovery that music can be an effective tool to help those with Alzehimer’s disease, as it helps them regain memories, words, and emotions linked to music. […]
LiveLab : experimenting with audiences
LiveLab is more than a concert hall. Equipped with neuronal sensors that can monitor the cerebral activity of up to 32 people, as well as movement detectors, which means this […]