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Lisa Batiashvili – Queen of the Violin

The violin has fascinated her all her life. At the age of two Lisa Batiashvili played the instrument for the first time in her native Georgia and never let go of it again. Today the 32-year-old is one of the best violinists in the world. “My love for the violin started when I saw young pupils who came to our…

Florence’s new opera house ‘a metaphysical space of absolute purity’

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is considered one of the most…
26/01 13:27 CET
Keeping it in the family at the Vienna Phil

The New Year’s Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has become a part of New Year celebrations. Not everyone knows though…
12/01 16:41 CET
Thirty years of harmony – the Labèque sisters

Four hands, two sisters. They are the most famous piano duo in the…
21/12/11 19:28 CET
Monte Carlo Jazz Festival hosts two outstanding performers: Tigran Hamasyan and Avishai Cohen

The latest edition of the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival ended on a…
07/12/11 11:33 CET
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Renée Fleming’s Rodelinda dazzles the Met

Bright lights in the big city and also in the opera world, with the…
30/11/11 16:52 CET
Anoushka Shankar finds flamenco’s Indian roots

Paris could not be missed in Anoushka Shankar’s European tour…
17/11/11 10:29 CET
Celebrations embrace Placido Domingo at Covent Garden

Othello is a tragic hero on the stage and in opera and is the…
02/11/11 08:41 CET
The Vienna Philharmonic does Sydney

From the Blue Danube to Down Under; from refined, sophisticated Vienna to outdoorsy, hedonistic Sydney – the recent Antipodean tour of…
20/10/11 20:45 CET
Celestial singing in Umbria

The Requiem by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria is a masterpiece of Renaissance vocal music. It brought the curtain down in glorious…
06/10/11 10:32 CET
Hero of 9/11 immortalised in opera

A new opera premiered in San Francisco on the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks telling the story of one of the heroes. But Heart…
22/09/11 12:26 CET
The Glyndebourne identity

A beautiful country house in the Sussex Downs, 80 kilometres south of London is home to one of the most prestigious opera festivals in the…
09/09/11 18:09 CET
Dame Kiri tends opera’s green shoots in Verbier

New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa can boast a career several decades…
25/08/11 14:42 CET
Opera’s upcoming talent goes to Moscow

In partnership with: It is the most important classical voice competition of contemporary times. ‘Operalia’ was founded in 1993…
09/08/11 21:01 CET
All Tosca’s men

One of the most memorable arias in the history of opera passionately sung by Angela Gheorghiu is Puccini’s Tosca in the recent Royal…
27/07/11 15:35 CET
The voice of an angel, the virtuosity of the devil

Philippe Jaroussky is one of the brightest stars of the operatic firmament. His distinctive voice is that of a countertenor, a grown man with…
14/07/11 11:53 CET
Weaving east with west in Silk Road Project

The Silk Road Project – a musical fusion of East and West. Its founder is the world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma – his inspiration…
28/06/11 20:26 CET
Famous free concert at Schönbrunn entertains 100,000

Schönbrunn, the summer residence of the Habsburg Monarchy, has always…
15/06/11 16:47 CET
When Cleopatra went to Versailles

‘Julius Caesar’, Handel’s masterpiece, has been pulling in the crowds in the extraordinary setting of the ‘Opéra…
01/06/11 14:26 CET
Barenboim and Mehta – a harmonious friendship

Springtime in Florence and that means the most prestigious classical…
19/05/11 12:08 CET

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Musica - the concept…

Musica transports viewers into the world of music – from rising stars to true masters there is a rich musical landscape to explore.

The programme will primarily cover classical concerts and festivals but also touch on jazz. Musica will go backstage, throw fresh light on the creative process and let the music shine through.

Focusing mainly on the European musical scene, each show will concentrate on one specific topic, artist portrait, work or event.

Musica has collaborated with Medici.tv on the Verbier Festival and Operalia.