A Taliban guard shows AFP a storeroom full of intact musical instruments that were left behind, after reports that everything had been trashed. The caretaker says the group’s leaders had ordered him to protect the instruments
From a seven-hour “silent opera” and productions of Verdi and Puccini influenced by Japanese “Noh” theatre, to collaborations with songwriters Tom Waits and Lady Gaga, Wilson has spent half a century perfecting an instantly recognisable style
From the Houses of Parliament and St Paul’s Cathedral in London to Times Square in New York, ‘Imagine all the people living life in peace’ has been beamed onto the sites to celebrate Thursday’s anniversary
With its elegant low arch and distinctive arcades, the gleaming white bridge spanning the Grand Canal at its narrowest point is one of Venice’s most photographed tourist attractions – and until the mid-19th century, the only way to cross besides by boat
Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the increased freedoms allow his rap group Ijraat, ‘procedures’, to better reflect the issues they see still plaguing Sudan, which...
To mark their 10th anniversary season this year, Berney and the Nexus orchestra decided to use artificial intelligence to create a four-minute extract which...
A producer for a wide array of artists including Bob Marley, Perry’s mastery traversed time and genre, his impact evident from hip hop to post-punk, from The...
Choral songs and recitals in praise of God and the Prophet Mohammad are a common religious custom in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, but they are...
The exhibition brings together 200 masterpieces from prominent French artists such as Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh alongside Russian masters including Malevich...
Six paintings and two statues by the Spanish master were handed over to the state-run Picasso Museum in Paris by Maya Ruiz-Picasso, his daughter by French...
Broadcast between 1999 and 2007, ‘The Sopranos’ marked the beginning of a golden age for television series with its dark humor and complex characters and made...
After falling victim to the pandemic in 2020, the multiple venue event presented by Metropolis Cinema and Goethe Institute Beirut will open Thursday, 23...
With ‘Sweet Sweetback,’ a low-budget film about a sex show performer who ends up killing two racist cops who were beating a Black Panther activist, Melvin Van...
The legendarily prolific Hollywood star has never shown much interest in retiring and appears on-screen in the movie as a former rodeo champion tasked with...
From 15th August to 26th September, an extraordinary musical event featuring 37 soloists, eight orchestras and twelve conductors from all over the world, will...
When vocalist Shadi Safadi and Safar, the band he co-founded, brainstormed over a low-budget video, the only way not to be defeated by power outages was to...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic recorded a parody version of the tune in 1999, inspired by the ‘Star Wars’ films. ‘As far as pop songs go, “American Pie” is about as...
Launched in 1961 when just four bands competed for the Golden Trumpet trophy and only 2,500 visitors attended, the festival is now Serbia’s liveliest...
A national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong last year effectively criminalised the public performance of songs sung during anti-government...
Inside the building in Biddenden, near Ashford, is a treasure trove of 26 quirky and rare pianos, amassed over a lifetime by California-born David Winston....