This Huge Cat's Cradle Embodies the Great Fugues of Bach

Gabriel Calatrava began thinking about how he might design a life-sized cat’s cradle for the performance. It would need to be big (the stage is 30 feet by 18 feet), and it would need to be stretchy. It would also need to move.

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From the classical archive: György Ligeti 1974 interview

In a rare interview, Ligeti talks to the Guardian’s Christopher Ford about composition and the use of his music in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

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Eschenbach: We were refugees in snow, they come in boats

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Bach to the future: A unique take on Goldberg Variations

Glasgow-based string orchestra Scottish Ensemble and Swedish dance company Andersson Dance have created one of the most ambitious versions to date.

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A page-turning catastrophe

SIMPLY HILARIOUS - Watch it !!!

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Man who 'buggered up the Opera House' really saved it from disaster

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Inside Tbilisi's restored historic opera house

The historic opera house in the Georgian capital Tbilisi has opened its doors after a six-year renovation.

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