Magazine

Leading conductors Charles Hazlewood and Nicholas Collon help us answer one of classical music’s most commonly asked questions.

Three musicians from different genres explain how and why they make music for young people and families.

Hayward Gallery publisher Mary Richards helps explain the process behind the gallery’s eye-catching exhibition catalogues.

How are awards for books and poems decided? We spoke to three literary prize organisations to find out.

Artists from New Music Biennial explain the how and why behind the creation of their audio-visual works.

Children’s book authors Nadia Shireen, Chitra Soundar and Yasmine Naghdi explain how their characters are created.

Sensory Theatre company Oily Cart give an insight into how they put together their distinctive and inclusive shows.

Author Kevin Barry details how he adapted his fourth novel, The Heart In Winter from the page to the stage.

Did you know pianists often have a number of different pianos to choose to perform their concerts on? Alice Sara Ott explains how she chooses hers

How Dmitri Shostakovich’s compositions included secret signals, from his own musical motif to dissent against Josef Stalin’s government.

Music professor Laura Tunbridge explains when and why Beethoven wrote his most famous masterpiece, the Symphony No.9 with its celebrated ‘Ode to Joy’.