Today, November 1st, is the birthday of Eugen Jochum (November 1, 1902 – March 26, 1987), one of the 20th century's leading ...

It is curious that beautiful works of art are often created by people who are not so beautiful themselves. Austrian composer Anton Bruckner’s homeliness and awkward ways seemed humorous to even his ...

There is a considerable tradition of – if not outright derision so at least tut-tutting of the Zeroth Symphony. Not the least by the great and sympathetic Bruckner scholar and expert Robert Simpson ...

The composor was a neurotic, bumbling character, prone to eccentricity. His music is even more unusual By Phil Hebblethwaite There are oddballs among the ranks of the so-called great composers, and ...

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New principal horn of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic talks about experiencing of Bruckner’s orchestral epic from within, ...

The words brought to mind by Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony—“awesome,” “sweeping,” “epic,” “apocalyptic”—have mostly wilted from overuse, which is unfortunate, because the Eighth invites bombast. It ...

A drunkard? An otherworldly peasant? A Nazi-favourite? Who was the real Bruckner, and why does his music polarise listeners? The first time I heard a Bruckner symphony in the concert hall was back in ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Vienna Philharmonic records symphonies by Anton Bruckner, a 19th-century composer, whose history with the orchestra is complicated. By Rebecca ...

‘I never had a more serious pupil than you,’ remarked Bruckner’s renowned teacher of counterpoint, Simon Sechter. Certainly, no one could ever accuse Bruckner of being frivolous and quite how this ...

From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in store this year Compiled from ...