The 26 September 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, one of the most important composers of the 20th century, who became famous not only for his ...

In two programs with the New York Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen has constructed a moving exploration of musical legacy. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Cutting through the marketing noise and TikTok ...

The young Czech pianist tackles Bartók’s formidable concertos with confidence and technical accomplishment, although tempi can feel a little sluggish Even though they are among the most challenging ...

In 1920, shortly after the end of World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the borders of the Kingdom of Hungary were radically redrawn. As a consequence of the Treaty of ...

Over the past few days, I’ve been listening to some of my favorite Bartok, in particular his amazing, complex Concerto for Orchestra and his second piano concerto. I have been drawn to his music for ...

In Irish music studies the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945) has occasionally, if contentiously, been offered as the model of a kind of figure supposedly absent in the main from Irish art ...

Guardian journalism is independent. We earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Composer and pianist Bartok is one of the great figures of 20th century music.

Ambivalent: the mysterious figure of Béla Bartók, pictured in 1939 Credit: Photo: Roger Viollet Of all the great modernist composers who shattered the musical consensus in the years before the First ...

Banjo wizard Béla Fleck has crafted a fascinating career from infiltration. He's embedded his instrument in musical zones from jazz to classical to West African music. Now he's written himself a ...