Classical Composers
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Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn
With Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn all having birthdays or celebrating milestone anniversaries, classical music has a lot to celebrate in 2009.
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Influential African American Composers
African American composers have contributed to a number of classical music styles, influencing avant garde percussion music, 1920s dance music, chorale music and more.
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French Composer Olivier Messiaen Turns 100
Though Elliot Carter may be getting all the hype, the modern composer Messiaen also turned 100 this year. His music is both intellectually rigorous and mystically dreamy.
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British Sound Artist Janek Schaefer
Janek Schaefer records unusual sounds and blends them with art, architecture and good dose of postmodern whimsy.
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British Composer Awards 2008 Shortlist
The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters has narrowed this year's nominations for British Composer Awards down to 33 works by a variety of British composers.
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Composer Oliver Schroer Dies
Canada said good-bye to one of its most distinctive fiddlers and composers when Oliver Schroer died on Thursday.
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Young Composer Fung Lam
Fung Lam may be less than 30 years old, but he is already busy composing, performing cello, and working with the next generation of young musicians in classical music.
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British Composer Judith Weir
Medal of Music winner Judith Weir tells stories through music by collaborating with theater, film and narrative arts.
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German Composer Hans Otte
The German avant garde composer Hans Otte died on Christmas Day, 2007. His minimalistic work explored music through its most basic elements of sound.
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The Karlheinz Stockhausen Legacy
Karlheinz Stockhausen, a composer whose experiments in electronic sound influenced several 20th century artists, died on December 5th.
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Royal Carol Honors Scotland
The Queen's Master of Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, has finished his latest Christmas carol. The text and music were inspired by the northern islands of Orkney.
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George Gershwin
Born into the musical melting pot of New York, George Gershwin excelled in nearly every area of music popular in the early twentieth century: from pop songs to concertos.
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Alex Pauk
Canadian composer Alex Pauk's contributions to Canadian arts earned him the 2007 Molson Award.
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English Composer John Dowland
John Dowland's creative output on the lute made him England's greatest lute composer from the Elizabethan era.
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
From Van Cliburn to Dmitris Sgouros, several pianists have met the demands of Tchaikovsky's majestic yet virtuosic concerto, a delight for fans of classical piano.
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