“Queen Elisabeth of Belgium” 
International Music Competition

The 16th edition of the “Queen Elisabeth of Belgium” International Music competition is devoted to the piano. Past first prize-winners of the event include Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrei Nikolsky and Anna Vinnitskaya. After the first round and semi-final of the competition, 12 finalists will each perform a sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert… read more

Category: Piano
Date: May 3 to 29, 2010
Country: Belgium
Website: http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/

How to sell classical music to the masses

It’s almost akin to a papal pronouncement. On Monday the world’s most influential classical music critic, Alex Ross, will deliver the annual Royal Philharmonic Society lecture to the assembled cognoscenti at the Wigmore Hall in London… read more

Thank you, E15!

E15 is the name that has been given to the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, by journalists who were struggling to pronounce the full name properly. The nickname is derived from the somewhat daunting number of letters that come after the E… find out Juliette’s evening with Simon

Poulenc: L’invitation au château

Francis Poulenc was commissioned to write incidental music for plays and films, and among those, L’invitation au château for the play of the same name by the famous French playwright Jean Anouilh… listen

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major

Enjoy the First-Prize-winning performance by Ray Chen, a young Australian violinist of Chinese origin, in the Finals of 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition …watch the video