Following a relationship with a billionaire tyrant, the project is an allegorical tale for our times
Robert Seethaler’s gem of a novella mixes the dying composer’s reflections with real-life history and imaginative flourishes
The American child prodigy honed her skills under the tutelage of Sergei Rachmaninov
Digital marketers admit to flooding sites with fake comments to promote acts, posing a disturbing threat to media integrity
The Grammy-winning singer kept things casual as she performed her timeless tunes to an affectionate crowd
The institution has tapped into its endowment and put its Chagall murals up for sale. Now the cancelling of Saudi investment has deepened its existential crisis
Karola Obermüller and Peter Gilbert co-composed the music for the show at Germany’s Schwetzingen SWR Festival
Controversy and protest have circled the rap trio — and this release lives up to the darker turn their own history has taken
A concert performance of Berg’s gritty opera at the Royal Festival Hall was combined with photos by Ilya Shagalov
Coming to Britain from 1960s Jamaica, the song later gained a confrontational edge as a stadium anthem that it has struggled to shake off
New London institution’s first show is a sweeping and energising survey, from gospel to garage, grime and beyond
His musical open-mindedness and gift for communication made him the natural heir to Leonard Bernstein
The French-Algerian singer, who has written for K-Pop acts like New Jeans, explores her roots in these dreamy tracks
Channel the King of Pop as a new biopic opens in cinemas
Romeo Castellucci’s spellbinding production in Milan demonstrates a complete mastery of his craft
On his 17-track second album, the New England native takes the listener on a journey that proves to be interminable
The South African’s magisterial reviews were a mainstay of FT arts coverage for more than a decade
The Australian pop sensation is building a global lifestyle brand — now his sister wants in on it too
The filmmaker’s staging of John Adams’s opera, about the murder of a Jewish tourist by the Palestinian Liberation Front, is less daring than it sounds
Her voice soothed, seduced and helped define the Indian nation over an eight-decade career
Despite funding cuts, WNO celebrates its 80th anniversary with a rousing production of ‘The Flying Dutchman’
Tom Rowlands and the Norwegian singer make for a dynamic duo in this impressively varied project
Released under a pseudonym on a limited-edition vinyl, the song is hard to obtain for now but sees the band on good form
The song sunk without trace when it was released in the US, but won him a huge following among anti-establishment South Africans
Billionaire hedge fund manager’s pursuit reignites debate about ‘financialisation’ of music industry
