Too many competing sounds results in a jumbled mess of frequencies and noise, which don't create good visual results, while "beat-orientated music will react differently to minimal ambient music." As ...

BERLIN — One of the most prominent figures of the international electronic music scene, Robert Henke has been making music since the beginnings of Berlin techno, after the fall of the wall. Known by ...

Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud had been a member of the celebrated Kronos Quartet for more than twenty years when, she found herself sidelined with a serious health issue. Following an extended leave from ...

Musical performances may not be a completely auditory experience, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Study author Chia-Jung Tsay discusses how ...

John Opper, “Untitled (185J)” (1983), acrylic on canvas, 54 x 66 inches (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) It was once a common notion that abstract painting was analogous to music. Why you ...

Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud spent more than twenty years as a member of the experimental and always innovative Kronos Quartet. She left the group in 1999, and has since created an adventurous and ...