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Beethoven鈥檚 genome sequenced from locks of his hair

22 Mar 2023

A Cambridge scientist has played a leading role in sequencing Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 genome, revealing clues to the composer鈥檚 health and family...

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Music to the ears: Liszt鈥檚 lost opera

18 Feb 2019

Liszt's lost opera heard for the first time in 170 years

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Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano), Samuel Sakker (tenor), and Arshak Kuzikyan (bass-baritone) record the trio finale with pianist and musicologist David Trippett, in Jesus College Chapel,  探花直播 of Cambridge

Abandoned Liszt opera finally brought to life - 170 years later

07 Mar 2017

An Italian opera by Franz Liszt 鈥 which lay incomplete and largely forgotten in a German archive for nearly two centuries 鈥 will be given its world...

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Left: Mendelssohn鈥檚 1847 letter to the father of John Robert Lunn, then aged 16. Mendelssohn was excited by the young man鈥檚 musical talent, but unable to meet him. Lunn (right) never entered a career in music, but his compositions are highly regarded.

探花直播鈥淯npublished Prodigy鈥 who caught Mendelssohn鈥檚 eye

09 Jul 2015

A previously unseen letter by Felix Mendelssohn is to go on public display in an exhibition about an unrealised British musical prodigy, revealing...

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Detail from Fryderyk Chopin (1810鈥49), Polonaise in A-flat major for piano, Op. 53: autograph manuscript, 1842鈥43.

探花直播virtual Chopin

01 Mar 2013

One of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Fryderyk Chopin, had an irrepressible creative imagination, and his music experienced continual...

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Robert Levin.

Encounter Mozart with latest Humanitas Professor

29 Oct 2012

探花直播renowned pianist, conductor and musicologist, Robert Levin, arrives in Cambridge this week, where he will give a series of lectures and recitals...

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