Tag: Mozart

• How to sell classical music to a new audience

  May 23

  Gabriel Prokofiev, classical DJ, composer and grandson of Sergei: The current concert format is old-fashioned. It’s based on rules devised by the bourgeoisie at the turn of the 19th century… more ›

• Stephen Hough: It's not Mozart, stupid!

  May 13

  I read yesterday that researchers at Vienna University’s Faculty of Psychology, after 15 years of examining the data, have determined that there is no provable connection between listening to Mozart… more ›

• Zehetmair Quartet, Wigmore Hall, review

  Mar 21

  By Ivan Hewett There are few string quartets I would bet I could spot in a blind test, but the Zehetmair Quartet is one. It’s not an ingratiating sound they… more ›

• Anne-Sophie Mutter in United Arab Emirates

  Feb 14

  “Excuse my English,” Anne-Sophie Mutter says with a laugh. “I know it’s rather flowery, but that’s as good as it gets.” As it turns out she speaks it better than… more ›