Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher’s Counterpoint | REVIEW | Piano meets tap-dancing in Boston
By John Short Boston Arts Academy, Boston What does it mean to dance about music and to make music about dance? The Celebrity Series…
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Things to do in Boston | 5 interdisciplinary events in 2025
By John Short It has often been said that music is capable of “speaking for itself.” But how does music speak when it is…
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Composer Erland Cooper on planting his new album in Orkney soil | Q&A
The Scottish composer Erland Cooper will collaborate with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and solo violinist Freya Goldmark to perform his latest album, Carve the Runes…
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Films inspired by paintings | 5 of the best
By Hannah Unsworth A painting, usually a singular image, has far less space than a film to tell a story, yet frequently inspires…
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Ancient instruments and their descendants | 6 ancient instruments
By Amy Kilroy All of us are familiar with the guitar, the piano and the drum. But how about their forerunners? Here are five…
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Casey Jay Andrews, designer of Punchdrunk’s Viola’s Room, discusses the new production
In this interview Casey Jay Andrews, designer of Viola’s Room – the latest production from the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk – discusses the concept and…
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Viola’s Room | What does the audience think of Punchdrunk’s latest immersive production?
In this series of video interviews, we speak to audience members at Viola’s Room, a new production from the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, to see…
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Western music inspired by India: 5 great pieces
From John Coltrane to Ravi Shankar, artists have long harnessed the potential of fusing eastern and western musical traditions. Here are five great pieces of…
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Petr Válek injects musical life into battery-operated garbage | NEWS
A video of noisy battery-operated garbage is currently doing the rounds on social media. When Czech artist and experimental musician Petr Válek looked into his rubbish bin,…
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