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Every fall the BMF brings together China's top rising talent with world-class musicians from across the globe.

At one point Springsteen’s finances were so depleted that he couldn’t afford to hire the musicians he needed for the album...

This collaboration between vocal ensemble Blue Heron and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol is as beautiful as it is tricky to describe.

This new edition of Badfinger's 'Head First' employs the recently discovered master tapes, which have been newly mixed and mastered by Bob Jackson, the band’s only surviving member.

As one would expect from a brass band, they can blow the roof off a building, but they can also give subtle and nuanced performances that pull out surprising emotional content from any tune they perform.

If we don't really have an atlas in the end, we have an idea for one – a set of maps drawn in the shifting sands of sound.

Nighthawk (Parker Hawkins) is clearly brimming over with musical ideas, most of them excellent. And somehow, his seemingly disparate material all fits comfortably on one CD.

Two stellar Curtis students joined Vieaux and violist Roberto Díaz in music by de Falla, Piazzolla, Paganini and Zhou Tian.

Klezmer music inspired a dazzling three-movement work by Noah Bendix-Balgley, who takes the tradition to new ground. The program also included dances famously reimagined by Bartók and Brahms.

The January 2025 edition of YMCG gathered students and professionals from southern China and around the world for training, mentorships and performances.