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Sónar Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary by attempting to contact alien life with music
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- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
The ambitious project titled “Sónar Calling GJ273b” is described as the first radio message ever sent to Luyten’s Star with the help of the EISCAT (European Incoherent SCATter Scientific Association) antenna in Norway.
The Incredible Sound of Making a Violin, It's All in the Details
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- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
As technology becomes a greater part of our lives and more jobs are lost to automation, it becomes all the more powerful to take a step back every so often and marvel at what can’t be lost.
Love it or hate it, Christmas music has a big impact on our health
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- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or the worst depending, in part, on whether you’re a fan of Christmas songs.
The best music books of 2017
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- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Maintaining a healthy bookshelf is as important as keeping your records in good order, and 2017 has been a particularly fruitful year for new and updated publications dealing directly with the science, art and culture of recorded sound.
Le plaisir (de la musique) croît avec l’usage (de la danse), selon une étude
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- Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Une étude du Laboratoire international de recherche sur le cerveau, la musique et le son (BRAMS) conclut que danser au rythme de la musique, plutôt qu’écouter celle-ci sans bouger, accroît le plaisir qu’on retire de cette activité.
The etiquette box: The culture of classical music needs redress
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- Tuesday, 28 November 2017
It's time for classical music presenters to think outside the box.
Orchestra Playing 'The Rite of Spring' Without a Conductor
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- Tuesday, 28 November 2017
A work like that needs a skilled conductor to hold everything together, a fact that makes the orchestra Les Dissonances' recent performance all the more impressive.
Hide And Seek
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- Tuesday, 28 November 2017
For a while, hidden tracks were everywhere, especially during the CD era. But thanks to streaming music, there’s nowhere to put them. Is that good or bad?
Le Sultanat d'Oman, nouveau paradis pour l'opéra
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- Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Depuis quelques années, les pays du monde arabe, et plus spécialement de la péninsule arabique, ont inauguré des salles d'opéra.
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