When searching for repertoire for my students to perform at local festivals, I discovered the compositions of Naoko Ikeda, a talented Japanese composer and teacher. Her pieces are full of beautiful, flowing melodies that I thoroughly enjoy teaching and playing.

Dr. Lauren Bernofsky is a professional composer whose favorite genre to write is opera. Her coming opera, The Mensch, tells the story of Anton Schmid who saved many Jewish people from the ghetto during the Second World War. In this

Two years since its inception, Field’s suite for solo piano sees dozens of live performances, recordings and multi-media collaboration to fund non-profit support. In 2021, American composer Brian Field penned Three Passions for our Tortured Planet, a dramatic multi-movement piano

Wynn-Anne Rossi is a notable composer and educator. As a piano teacher myself, I knew about Wynn-Anne through her always-inspiring teaching pieces. Indeed, Wynn-Anne dedicates her career and compositions to students and teachers. In this interview, you will know about

Singaporean composer Kelly Tang (b. 1961) was given the first commission by the Foundation for Arts and Social Enterprise for its Music Commissioning series, encouraging the creation of new music in Singapore. The commission came in 2020, in the middle

Today, the classical music scene is much more diversified and not limited to only Western traditional instruments. In this article, two Hong Kong-born composers, Hong Hong Gianakon and Kwan Leung Ling, share their journeys as composers and their works using

In an upcoming concert to be held at Kings Place London, composer Harry Whalley, author Alexander McCall Smith, and neurologist Adam Zeman come together for an evening about memory. Whalley’s 13-part piece On Memory will take us through the ideas

Composer Sylvia Lim is a UK-based composer, whose works are known for being ‘intimate, exploring a small amount of material in depth.’ Her music has been performed by Plus-Minus Ensemble, CoMA Singers, Liam Byrne, Ben Smith, Natasha Zielazinski, Musarc, Fournier