University of Sheffield provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. If you wanted to pick out the musician who won a prestigious classical music competition would you listen to a ...

(Medical Xpress)—We expect musical experts to focus on sound when judging competitions, and experts believe that their judgments are based on what they hear, not what they see. However, a study by ...

If you have budding musicians in your life, you know that preparing for exams or competitions can be stressful for the whole family. Exams and competitions provide snapshots of how well musicians cope ...

‘Virtuosity,” the brilliant documentary about the 2013 Van Cliburn Piano Competition that first aired on PBS on July 31, opens with stark black-and-white images, as several pianists pace or mill ...

The artist takes the stage an unknown, and leaves it as a star. It’s the most popular and enduring myth in classical music. And it’s a dream that music competitions dangle tantalizingly before every ...

If you exercise regularly, you have probably noticed that you increase the effort if you have music playing in the background. Researchers know this as the ergogenic effect; the right music makes you ...

Petrichor Records has opened submissions for its international music competition, welcoming instrumentalists, singers, ensembles, composers, improvisers and recording artists of all ages, ...

Chia-Jung Tsay was something of a piano prodigy. By age 12, she was performing Mendelssohn in concert. At 16, she made her debut at Carnegie Hall. Soon, she was on her way to some of the best music ...

The Ysaye International Music Competition, a global platform for young violinists founded in Belgium, will hold its final ...

THE Warsaw Philharmonic bristled with competition last week. No less a figure than Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, presented the top prize for the Chopin Competition on Thursday night. Other ...

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2022 is underway in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, turning the town into the epicenter of traditional Irish music and dance from July 31 through August 7. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí ...