Any sacred text comes alive in a unique way when it is sung, and composers from Gregorian chant to the present day have known that.

The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station.(on Elgar)

He was a six and a half foot scowl.(on Rachmaninov)

A brilliant mind was first a listener that observed the actions of the people that loved and hated them, then found a way to express their feelings, when real communication was lost.

We like working with living composers, see how they think, and find out what they think of us. It enriches us a lot.

The majority of the composers in Icebreaker III are not known outside their region.

He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child.(on Liszt)

History’s greatest composers would be appalled to hear their greatest works reduced to distorted hold music for businesses.

This is entirely driven by two composers who changed music. That being said, if Jim came to me and said I need Schoenberg and Stockhausen, or Schoenberg and Milton Babbitt, I probably would have had...

Now, very few composers write for themselves.

That’s where the expertise of our music director comes into play. He knows so many composers’ works and the instrumentation they require.

Zeena Schreck is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist, author, musician/composer, tantric teacher, mystic, animal rights activist, and counter-culture icon known by her mononymous artist name, ZEENA. Her work stems from her experience within the esoteric, shamanistic...

All Bach’s last movements are like the running of a sewing machine. (on Bach)

Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.