BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday, it is only available in the UK.

Now, for the first time, this lost music – composed by prisoners – will be heard again, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of British composer Leo Geyer. The Lost Music of Auschwitz follows ...

Saudi Arabia has asked Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer to work on a new version of its national anthem, a senior official said, as the conservative kingdom steps up an image makeover.

A musical tribute was paid to saint-composer Thyagaraja at his adhishtanam on the banks of river Cauvery at Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, on Saturday (January 18, 2025). Prominent Carnatic musicians ...

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By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Claire van Kampen, a theater director, composer and wife of actor Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning. She was 71. Van Kampen died in Kassel, Germany ...

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Claire van Kampen, a composer of music for plays and television dramas, as well as a director, writer and frequent collaborator of her ...

While the majority of the composer’s original works remain housed at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Belmont’s entire physical inventory, upwards of 100,000 items including manuscripts ...

In the interview, DSP said of part three of the franchise: “Based on the euphoria of Pushpa 2, Sukumar sir is working tirelessly with his passion, constantly reworking scenes and the story. A ...

With the world premiere of a 138-year-old opera by composer Edmond Dédé — a freeborn Creole composer — the Washington- and New York City-based company Opera Lafayette aims to fill a ...

Before that, players could pick and choose whether they protected their shins and ankles. Back then, shin guards were clunky and protected both a player’s ankle as well as their shin.