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PREMIERE: Watch Lang Lang 'In Paris,' Making Of Video with Chopin, Tchaikovsky (Sony)

For us Classicalites, the intimate splendor of Chopin and Tchaikovsky's solo piano music still resonates well across the centuries. And the transcriptions. There's a kind of beauty, even a turmoil, inside its sounding realm, as well as outside of it.
By Ian Holubiak

  • How the 'Now' Generation Caused the Death of Sheet Music Retail

    The encroaching "paperless society", while stubborn and elusive, has stepped forward to deliver a devastating blow. Frank Music, the last devoted sheet music retail store in New York City, has closed down. It had a 78-year run. As The Guardian's virtual obituary for the shop reveals, it met with a sorrowful end. Pitifully recalling the days in which a single customer failed to enter the shop, the aged booksellers made no pretenses about their final day in business: there was no silver lining.
    By Steve Nagel

  • L.A.’s ‘Synchromy’ Musician Collective Helps Composers Gain Visibility

    The west coast is growing its very own Tanglewood. Based more on the community and less on the training, it's called Synchromy and is based in Los Angeles. Playing off the regional attitude, Synchromy's slogan, "new music, locally grown," pretty much says it all. The organization offers local musicians and composers the chance to organize, find work, gain an audience, and hone their craft in a body of their peers.
    By Steve Nagel