Prince Lobkowitz, a native of Bohemia, was a leading patron of the arts in Vienna - a great music-lover and enthusiastic and capable violinist. He claimed his father forced him to learn the violin as ...

If the world’s most famous nursery rhyme had been written by the father of Romanticism... Crafted by Polish Canadian pianist, Daniel Vnukowski, the reworking retains the main melody of the nursery ...

US-Japanese classical pianist Alexander Kato-Willis is the only person since Beethoven to give a full recital of improvised music "making up every note on the spot for the sake of the audience." ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Composer and pianist David Haney, and multi instrumentalist, Dave Storrs, present a revolutionary way to explore Classical music.Most compositions are developed using some degree of improvisation. By ...

Beethoven's spirit lives on through jazz improvisation: Till Brönner, Klaus Doldinger and Jan Garbarek are just some of the highlights of the month-long festival in May. All year long in the Beethoven ...