The recent performance, organized by Vienna Symphony Orchestra director Jan Nast, was aimed at correcting the composition's omission on the Voyager Golden Record, which included Bach's Brandenburg ...

But Robert was also the great-grandfather of the Von Trapp children, who starred in The Sound of Music. His grandfather was a Bolton industrialist, who moved to Bury in 1771 and opened a cotton ...

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Known for its pivotal role in the Habsburg Empire, Vienna is synonymous with classical music ... the stories of imperial ambition and lifestyle. For those with a palate for culinary exploration, our ...

The twentieth century offers some of most fascinating and wide-ranging classical music, taking in the perky Neoclassical ... Dr Bruno Bower: b.bower@imperial.ac.uk For general programme and enrolment ...

Though a less important ruling house prompted Queen Victoria’s comment that ‘they carry on like the rabbits in Windsor Great Park’, the remark might as easily have been made of the Austrian imperial ...

Even his grave is unmarked. After an early foray into the Albanian Alps, Nopcsa posed for Austrian imperial and royal court photographer Carl Pietzner dressed as an Albanian warrior. Carl Pietzner ...

Filipino-Austrian singer JJ clinched the top spot at the 69th Eurovision ... he drew praise for his bold performance style and genre-defying approach to pop music. “This win is for anyone who’s ever ...

Austrian fans have enthusiastically welcomed classically trained singer JJ back home at Vienna airport after he won the ...