The latest release of one of my favorite jazz pianists is called Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human. It is her 17th album as a leader. The pianist-composer is joined by double bassist Alon...

Originally compiled in 2015 with the artist’s blessing, Mick Rock’s The Rise of David Bowie 1972-1973 (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de) is a multlingual (English,...

Released on June 30, 2023 the colorful Deutsche Grammophon double Audio CD album Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3;...

On July 15, 2023 the bandoneon player Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (*1980) entertained concert goers at the Centro Congressos da Madeira in Funchal in the great season finale, accompanied by...

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the traditional tango with the help of his knowledge of jazz and classical music, which he had...

On June 17, 2023 at the invitation of Norberto Gomes, Artistic Director of the Madeira Classical Orchestra, Christoph Poppen...

Instead of an obiturary for Tina Turner, who died at the relatively young age of 83 in her home in Küsnacht (Switzerland), after...

The world needs new classical music compositions in order to renew the genre. The Artistic Director of Madeira Classic Orchestra,...

Since 1998 the Orquestra Clássica da Madeira has been performing the island’s Flower Festival Concert. The 2023 edition on...

Born in Erlangen in 1965, Albrecht Mayer is not only the principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic but, as he told me in...

The Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons — 2006 biography — is the chief conductor of both the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and...

I discovered Lynne Arriale — one of the greatest pianists alive — at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1999. In compositions such...

[From our archives, written in December 2017] The new album by the world’s greatest band, the Rolling Stones, was recorded...

[Concert review from September 1, 2000] What one could guess from listening to her last CD When I Look In Your Eyes which was...

Diana Krall: The Look of Love [Written in September 2000] With her new album The Look of Love (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), Diana Krall confirms her exceptional status...

With her latest album [written in 2004], The Girl in the Other Room (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), jazz singer...

Music is not only a matter of knowledge and competence but also of taste and fashion. After fantastic albums such as When I Look...

Founded in 1926 as the Latvian Radio Centre Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) is one of the greatest...

I’ve only heard the conductor Kirill Petrenko live once. It was August 24, 2019. He was conducting the Berliner...

Instant time travel? Yes, that’s possible! Listen to Georg Friedrich Händel’s (aka Handel) Agrippina and, with the...