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A cataclysmic decision in his final year led to this masterful late-Romantic symphonist being cast out into the cold, explains Erik Levi

A certain portrayal in a seminal classical music film has portrayed Salieri as Mozart's deadly rival - and possibly his killer. Is there any truth in this?

Facing a terminal illness has given award-winning theatre composer Adrian Sutton a sharp new impetus, he tells Michael Beek

Meet Robert Schumann, tortured genius of music's Romantic age - and creator of some of the 19th century's most exhilarating music

Dmitri Shostakovich: the Soviet voice of the oppressed, and a composer of huge integrity

Erik Satie revealed little of his true self, in his life as in his music. This is just a part of what makes him such a fascinating composer

'My art demanded a different environment'... The country house that saved Sibelius from the demon drink

Was Franz Schubert a prodigy without equal? Stephen Johnson makes a compelling case for the Austrian composer's place at the top of the prodigies league

We explore the life of the great Romantic pianist and composer Clara Schumann

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...

Learn all about Igor Stravinsky, the style-conscious visionary and perhaps the 20th century's most seminal composer

Meet the authentic voice of the far north, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius

Steph Power celebrates the German composer Stockhausen whose farsighted innovations forever changed our approaches to composing and listening

Charles Villiers Stanford, a man who taught many of Britain’s finest talents, deserves far greater recognition as a composer in his own right, says Terry Blain

While Schütz is best known today for his choral masterpiece The Christmas Story, he also played a vital role in shaping German music with a little help from abroad, says Paul Riley

If only he had learnt to keep his mouth shut, this fine French composer might be more favourably regarded today, says Roger Nichols. Here he shares Schmitt's life and works

Ravi Shankar's biographer Oliver Craske introduces us to the fascinating musical life of the great sitar virtuoso, composer, father of Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar, teacher of Philip Glass and friend of Yehudi Menuhin

Hannah French explores the life and career of a remarkable 17th century Venetian whose exquisite vocal works are without parallel. Meet Barbara Strozzi

Erik Levi explores the life and works of the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, and how he influenced Czech music forever

Her work has spread across multiple genres, winning her a Pulitzer prize along the way, but who is Caroline Shaw? How would you describe her music? Here is everything you need to know about the American composer and performer

Suppressed by the Nazis, the jazz-loving Jewish composer’s originality and brilliant wit deserve to find a new audience, says Simon Broughton

We explore the suffragette composer and redoubtable eccentric Ethel Smyth who fought 19th century convention and won.

Twelve-tone serial thriller