Music and maths are inextricably intertwined
That’s Maths: the equal-tempered scale is a substantial gift of mathematics to music
Leonard Bernstein
Rambo, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor: Donald Trump’s cultural revolution comes to Washington
A day after drafting in the National Guard and just before he sits down with Putin, the US president took time out to consider the arts
‘I couldn’t sit through it’: New Oscars rule requires members to watch all films before voting
Donald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shift
Maestro: Carey Mulligan steals this Leonard Bernstein biopic from under Bradley Cooper’s controversial nose
Director Cooper struggles to rise above impersonation in his portrayal of the great American conductor and composer
‘We thought, Oh wow, we hit the big time: they mentioned Dad on The Flintstones’
Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s film about the West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein, has been an emotional experience for his daughters
The Maestro mess: Did Bradley Cooper really need to tamper with his nose to play Leonard Bernstein?
Donald Clarke: A class of dull pedantry seems to have taken over in the production office
West Side Story: An eye-opening production of a modern classic
Theatre: If you know the musical only from the 1961 and 2021 film versions, you’ll find Lonny Price’s staging a surprise
Janis Ian: ‘It was astonishing to realise that At Seventeen applied to boys too’
After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album
West Side Story's Ariana DeBose: ‘I was enamoured with Rita Moreno’
The performer and actor on playing the classic role of Anita in Steven Spielberg's remake
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Eímear Noone: ‘I will never forget him saying “Welcome to the Oscars”’
On Sunday night, Noone will become the first woman to conduct at the Academy Awards
The notorious Donald John Trump goes on trial
He had savaged all his fellow Republicans and yet here they were, his Praetorian guard
Historic gate will be Berlin Philharmonic’s backdrop
New conductor Kirill Petrenko will front free open-air concert – for one night only
Switched-On Bach: How a transgender synth pioneer changed music
Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album of Bach music for Moog synthesiser brought electronic music into the mainstream and influenced artists from Giorgio Moroder to Daft Punk
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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