Some of the most valuable belongings of the Polish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman will be put up for auction later this month at the Warsaw-based auction house Desa Unicum. Until then, a number of items, including a Steinway piano, can be...
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Now in its eighth year, the Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival (BBSMAF) is once again set to bring together classical music lovers, learners, and aficionados from...
Spotify, one of the largest and most popular music streaming services in the world, is finally available across all of emerging Europe. With the recent addition of...
It should have been a week of celebration for Dua Lipa, the London-born pop star of Kosovo-Albanian parents. Her latest, critically acclaimed album, Future Nostalgia...
In many ways the 2010s was the decade that marked the death of the musical guilty pleasure. It was the decade when everything went mainstream, the decade when just about...
Of all the many events cancelled as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, few will be missed more than the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, which was scheduled to take...
Despite the coronavirus, Czechia has not allowed the lockdown to restrict access to the delights of its cultural heritage. As doors closed to the country’s cultural...
Not to sound like a broken record, but social distancing in order to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 is now in full effect around emerging Europe. And that means...
In the early 2000s, the dormant genre of post-punk experienced a period of revival and reintroduction into the musical mainstream, taking new-found inspiration from...
“Music was a part of me since before I can remember. There was never any other desire other than to pursue it.” This was the answer from Kosovar composer and conductor...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced that the 20th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians will be hosted by Croatia’s public broadcaster HRT on June...
