Nicoló Paganini was a genius, but malice and envy, prejudice and misunderstanding could have been a larger part of his life than we realise.

A dichotomy between good and bad is often represented within the one creature; and Ireland isn’t the only country with special musical folk.

Being blessed with music from the fairies, might indeed be a curse—and there is a lot of that going around.

Orpheus, as a God himself, had other defining characteristics. Above his head 'there hovered bird in-numerable...'

There appears no doubt about musical prodigies—there was something special in the water the day that they were born.

Imagining a place our music exists outside ourselves is fascinating to me. Where does sound go when we play it? Where does it come from?

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) thought about transcending too; but before I explain, I must tell you of a fun-filled fortnight.

A force of nature conjures all kinds of imagery. Leopard print tights, for example—fantastic, but they take confidence to carry off.

Have you seen the movie Dirty Dancing? Well, I have, not once, but probably one thousand times.

So you probably already know, but Pythagorus and Plato weren't the only 'slashies' interested in the universe's music.

What the wise-old Pythagoras is commonly known for—amidst musical circles—is his system of tuning.

Violins are known to have sprung from Italy—from spruce and fir trees that legend has it; luthiers sought out during thunder-storms.

My journey into music first began on a Yamaha keyboard—all of about thirty centimeters.

You may have heard the pipes of man but not the pipes of earth; you may have heard the pipes of earth but not the pipes of heaven.

Where is sound? When I imagine music as a visible thing, I see it existing in space.