Curated by... Nikolay Lugansky
explore Nikolay Lugansky’s favourite piano compositions with this Spotify playlist
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Press play: Messiaen & Stravinsky
Robin Broos curated a selection of cinematic gems exploring the power of tradition and rituals, and the search for identity
Lugansky: personal notes
"this is one of Prokofiev's most perfect compositions ... It is the most joyful piano concerto that I know" - read the notes by Nikolay Lugansky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Elias Grandy discusses Mussorgsky's masterpiece: "What an astonishing way to musically capture art and its perception while at the same time creating a new piece of art!”
Echoes in cinema: Shostakovich 5
uncover how Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony resonates through cinema, exploring themes of censorship, resistance, and resilience
Schönberg: a visionary's struggle
"I had had to fight for every new work; I had been offended in the most outrageous manner by criticism; I had lost friends and I had completely lost any belief in the judgment of friends. And I stood alone against a world of enemies"
Schönberg's Legacy: Cinematic Odes
discover these Schönberg-inspired scores with the curated film selection by film journalist Robin Broos
Schönberg: the painter
from scores to brushes: we know Arnold Schönberg as a groundbreaking composer, educator, and theorist, but also as a painter - find out more
Voice of Illumination
Michèle Losier performs the alto solo in Mahler's Third Symphony: "it is an honour for me to sit in the middle of the orchestra, in those majestic symphonies, experiencing the overwhelming emotions"
livestream concertgebouw amsterdam
relive the Brussels Philharmonic's season opener at Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Kazushi Ono's guide to creativity
"creativity plays, of course, a crucial role for a conductor. [...] By reading the musical score, conductors begin the eternal conversation with composers, going very often beyond time and space"