The rise of the Chicago Blues was due mainly to the rural exodus, during the Great Depression, of black and poor workers from the southern United States to the industrialized cities of the north, Chicago in particular, during the first half of the United States. Twentieth century. At the beginnin...

Special exhibition of the Filarmonica della Scala from the scenic Cathedral Square in Milan
with Director Riccardo Chailly, playing:

“Sinfonia N.9 in mi min, op.95 Dal Nuovo Mondo”;
“Scherzo: Molto Vivace – Poco sostenuto”;
Nino Rota “La Strada, Suite dal balletto”:
“Risatine maliziose” and Art...

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936, it is based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same name. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Son...

Les Dissonances is a European classical music orchestra created in 2004 by the violinist David Grimal. Gathering French and European musicians, the orchestra is composed of international soloists, musicians from prestigious orchestras and young talents. Since 2008, Les Dissonances are in residenc...

Music:
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances op. 45
Alexandre Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 20
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 1
Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy op. 54

Becca Stevens, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who draws upon elements of jazz, chamber pop, indie rock, and folk has already won over audiences. We find her both on her own projects and in collaboration with artists from various backgrounds ranging from rock to pop, through jazz and c...

Donald Paul McCaslin is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, Blackstar (2016).

By their own admission, working with David Bowie “changed their lives”. On stage, th...

Incognito's enduring success is one of the UK's greatest music stories of the past 30 years. If we look at the recent history of soul artists from across the Channel, we will almost only find hits without a future that pop music has given us. Let's narrow the list down to those who created a uniq...

Texas Female Artist of the Decade, Bri Bagwell, is a force to be reckoned with on the Texas Country scene. Bri has seen her audience grow and diversify as she has progressed through the musical landscape. From her first full-length release, Banned from Santa Fe in 2011, to her 2022 release Corazó...

The English artist Murray Head, Actor and Singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the BAFTA award winning and Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Super...

Language: Russian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

The opera is split into two parts, Peace and War. The first half focuses on the relationship between Andrei and Natasha, with the object for a number of men including Anatole. Though engaged to Andrei, she agrees to hear Anat...

Language: Russian
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame is an opera in three acts (seven scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the 1834 novella of the same name by Alexande...

The Nutcracker is an 1892 Classical ballet in Two Acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination. The plot is an adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The ballet's first choreographer ...

Subject to the dictates of modern beauty and the taboos of tradition - when it is not reduced to the expression of violence or hunger - the body of the African man is stigmatized. In an attempt to free him from his complexes, the South African choreographer Robyn Orlin and eight dancers from the ...

Whether through the delicate sound of his sound sculptures, through the intense traces of his monoprints or through the thin lightness of his Diamond chair, Harry Bertoia’s artwork leaves a mark on the beholder.

His creations retain the emotions of a man who lived for art. They show the nostalg...

Today Rembrandt is considered one of the greatest artists ever, known for his remarkable drawing from life and attention to detail. However, not all of his works were met with praise during his lifetime. Curator Olenka Horbatsch explores how his naturalistic depictions of women caused controversy...