Freya Parr
Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
Recent articles by Freya Parr
Hardest classical music to memorise: musicians choose the pieces they struggle to commit to memory
BBC Music Magazine's Rising Stars 2024: The rising stars of classical music
The rising star classical musicians at the start of their career whose work and performances we're championing
DAB vs DAB+: What's the difference between DAB and DAB+?
In the next decade, we will see changes in the radio industry, with many stations moving across from DAB to DAB+. But what actually is the difference between the two – and what do radio listeners need to know in the battle of DAB vs DAB+?
Wigmore Hall announces plans to become entirely privately funded
In its new season announcement, Wigmore Hall director John Gilhooly revealed that its Director's Fund aims to reach a target of £10 million by 2027, which will allow the venue to continue without the need for public funding
How did Beethoven cope with going deaf?
The great composer was able to deal with his deafness thanks to a unique hearing machine he had fitted to his piano
The greatest opera composers of all time
Here are the best opera composers of all time, from the 16th century to the modern day
Six of the best examples of classical music in movies
We choose six of the most unexpected and imaginative uses of classical music in movies
All the Right Notes Podcast: What do musical terms really mean?
Listen to this episode of BBC Music Magazine's podcast, All the Right Notes, featuring author and critic Jessica Duchen
Who is Ludwig Göransson? A guide to the Oscar-winning film composer
Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson has captured the attention of the film music world in recent years, but his composing career has been much more diverse than most...
Tenet: our guide to Ludwig Göransson's soundtrack
Our guide to the dramatic score to Christopher Nolan's science-fiction action film Tenet, which won Ludwig Göransso nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score
Why was Nino Rota's score for 'The Godfather' disqualified from the 1972 Oscars?
Despite being initially nominated, Nino Rota's score for 'The Godfather' was replaced by John Addison's soundtrack for 'Sleuth'.
John Williams at the Oscars: all his 54 record-breaking Academy Award nominations
John Williams has received the most Oscar nominations than any other living person in history. To celebrate his triumphant career, here is a round-up of all the nominations and wins he has ever received at the Academy Awards
Winners of Oscars for Best Original Score: all the nominated soundtracks from the history of the Academy Awards
All the winners and nominated film scores from the history of the Oscars
Winners of BAFTA for Best Original Music: all the winning and nominated soundtracks from history
Every single winner and nominated film score in the history of the British Academy Film Awards
Poor Things soundtrack: our guide to the score, its composer and all the music featured in the film
Introducing Jerskin Fendrix, the Oscar-nominated young composer behind the eccentric score to Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things
Twilight soundtrack: who wrote the music to the saga and which classical music is featured in the score?
One of the most successful movie franchises of the last few decades, the Twilight saga also has one of the best-loved soundtracks. But who composed the famous scores, what classical music is featured among the tracks and why was it so influential?
The 5 best soundtracks by Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone was one of the greatest film composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. We have rooted through the archives and picked out the best soundtracks by the late, great Italian composer
The best sci-fi movie soundtracks of all time
To the moon and beyond: we choose the best cinematic scores for science fiction films
10 Beethoven references in popular culture
From Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange to the comic strip Peanuts, the great composer’s reach stretches far beyond the concert hall
The best living composers
We asked 174 composers to select their greatest composers of all time. These three came out on top as the best composers still alive today
Ryuichi Sakamoto: a film composing master and Japanese synthpop pioneer
A masterful film scorer, electronic music pioneer with Yellow Magic Orchestra and an avant-garde solo composer and performer in his own right, Ryuichi Sakamoto did it all...
Ryuichi Sakamoto: the best recordings
We rank the essential albums of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the pioneering film composer, electronic artist and solo performer
Five of the best Welsh composers
Wales has produced some of the finest singers in musical history, but what about its composers? Here are some of the best Welsh composers you should know about
The brilliance of Philip Glass: seven leading musicians discuss why the minimalist composer has stood the test of time
We gathered a troupe of fellow musicians and composers to analyse the music of Philip Glass