Sorinamu began from a very small moment in my childhood—a moment when music first felt like a world opening. The Moment I First Connected With Classical Music The first classical piece that left a deep impression on me was Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu, which I happened to hear at a friend’s house when I was young. … Read more
From the mid-18th to the early 19th century, the Classical period emerged as the era in which the aesthetics of balance, clarity and structural proportion became most fully realized in Western classical music. With the spread of Enlightenment thought and the rise of the bourgeois class, music expanded beyond courts and churches into public concert … Read more
Today, symphony listening in the 19th century was not as easy as it is now. With just a smartphone, we can hear Brahms’ symphonies or Beethoven’s complete works anytime. However, long before recording technology, how did people actually enjoy symphonies? At that time, music was a special art accessible only in the concert hall, or … Read more
