Between musical virtuosity, the perception of performance and the complexity of poetic language: when ‘difficult’ takes on a new meaning The ultimate test for the flute: Ibert’s Concerto, a blend of technique and endurance What’s so difficult about it? If I were to ask Silvia Careddu, she’d probably say Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and

A brief journey through language and history to accompany your listening to Concert românesc, exploring the Latin origins of Romanian and its fascinating evolution in the heart of Eastern Europe A misleading title (but not too much) You might be wondering what Concert românesc means, and while the translation of Concert is obvious, you may have realized that the

Between portraiture, fashion, and the imagination: Marie Fargues’s painting captures 18th-century Europe’s fascination with the Ottoman world—through turquerie, travel, storytelling, and the longing for a freer, more universal “elsewhere” A Portrait from Outside Europe Marie Fargues was not yet thirty when, in 1756, she married in Amsterdam a painter whose services were in demand at the

From the letter from his “immortal beloved” kept by Beethoven to the veiled figures in the poetry of Dante, Petrarch, and modern poets, the story of hidden loves that shine in secret, protected by silence, transformed into symbols, and consigned to the eternity of art precisely because of the mystery that surrounds them. The enigma