A composer writes the notes; musicians play the notes. That's the current arrangement in the world of classical music, but it wasn't always so. Bach, Beethoven and Mozart were great composers, but ...

Matt Cooper is taking an unconventional look at the role of improvisation in classical piano music. The professor of music at Eastern Oregon University will demonstrate Wednesday the musical forms ...

Improvisation was regarded as an important skill in Western music from its earliest days right through the 19th century. Pianist Gabriela Montero points out that J. S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

IMPROVISATION, in the minds of most of today’s classical music mavens, is usually limited to jazz venues, piano bars or someone’s living room. This is to say, if any unfamiliar or ...

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When most people think about musical improvisation, they imagine Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, inventing melodies in smoky jazz clubs. But the act of musical improv isn't a 20th century invention.

Their soothing tones and hypnotic arpeggios amass gigantic listening figures on ‘chill’ Spotify playlists, but composers such as Nils Frahm are shunned by the classical world Pitch darkness. Then a ...