Composer Arnold Schönberg in an Interview about Art and Music

In this video clip you can see some images of Arnold Schönberg’s paintings and personal photos while he is being interviewed about different issues.
Arnold Schönberg belonged to the painting school called Blauer Reiter together with Vladimir Kadinsky and other famous painters. However, Schönberg decided to concentrate on music. In this interview [...]

Brahms’ Capriccio performed by Arthur Rubinstein the Great Master of Classical Piano

This video shows the great piano artist Arthur Rubinstein performing a classical composition by german composer Johannes Brahms, the Capriccio No. 2. Arthur Rubinstein is well known as an excellent piano player and discovers the inner structure of this capriccio for our ears. He plays the Capriccio No. 2 out of [...]

Reggae-Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson Performing Sonnies Lettah

Watch this video with Linton Kwesi Johnson who was born in 1952 in Chapelton, Jamaica, but left at age 11 moving to London were he attended school, concluding his studies as a sociologist at the University of London. He can be regarded as the first reggae-poet. During his life as a [...]

The Chemical Brothers play Surface to Air – Pop Style Experimental Music

This is a music video with the electronic music of the Chemical Brothers who are performing their song Surface to Air. Electronic music is a term with different concepts associated to it: basically we refer to electronic music as modern concert music in the academic style but also to a rapidly [...]

Can – German Electronic Music Band Playing Chain Reaction

Can is a german electronic music band from the early days of this rock music genre. Watch this video with the song Chain Reaction, music from 1974. You will listen to music which could be a production from the present days, however, this german rock group did this more than 30 [...]

Art Ensemble of Chicaco gets funky live on stage

Music lovers shoul watch this video of the Art Ensemble of Chicago performing a funky tune live on stage. This is pure music and pure art, not as the songs performed on major television and channels like the one from our recent post on the pop singer Albert Hammond. When the [...]