Classical
Nicola Benedetti Opens up on Classical Music Education: Treat It Like Broccoli
Enter the Weird World of the Dominique Pifarely Quartet's 'Trace Provisoire' on ECM [REVIEW]
Somewhere deep in the south of France last summer, French violinist Dominique Pifarely convened with legendary ECM guru Manfred Eicher to make his music more jazz-like. Combining Antonin Rayon's piano, Bruno Chevillon's double-bass and the scattershot drumming of the ingenious Francois Merville, 'Trace Provisoire' was born, the jazz was added, but the esoteric classical refrains lingered on. Classical Music Fans Respond to Hearing Heavy Metal Music
How do fans of classical music react when confronted with heavy metal? Website 'MetalSucks' visited a symphony performance to find out the answer. The two superficially disparate musical forms have more in common than convention often implies.
