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Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a focus on one of the finest orchestras in the ...

My bank account and I are currently having a disagreement because I’ve officially decided that I need every single pastry in this shop. If you’ve ever found yourself staring at flight prices to France ...

Quinta Brunson will be the keynote speaker at the 2026 showcase for AFI's DWW+ graduates. (Courtesy of AFI) Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson will deliver the keynote ...

For pianist James Rhodes, the composer’s music expressed feelings that he could not put into words – and kept helping him as his mental health suffered in adulthood When I found a cassette tape of the ...

Artistic inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Take Gabriella Smith’s Bioluminescence Chaconne, which owes its genesis to a snorkeling excursion the composer took as part of a marine ...

Wolfram Weimer, the German culture minister; Peter Wollny, director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig; and Burkhard Jung, Leipzig's mayor pictured with the two compositions Jens Schlüter / Bach Archive ...

In 1992, Peter Wollny uncovered a pair of chaconnes, a series of variations played over a short, repeated bass line, in the Royal Library of Belgium that seemed indicative of Bach’s early compositions ...

One of the most prolific composers of the 18th century, many of JS Bach’s works were lost or misplaced after his death in 1750. Others quietly lie overlooked and unattributed in archives until today.

Two long-lost organ pieces written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were unveiled in Germany on Monday in a discovery described as a "great moment for the world of music". Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / ...

Previously unknown organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach have been presented and performed in Germany for the first time in 320 years. Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer called the discovery of ...