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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...
Robert Schumann: tortured Romantic genius
Stravinsky: style-conscious visionary, 20th-century composing colossus
Learn all about Igor Stravinsky, the style-conscious visionary and perhaps the 20th century's most seminal composer
Sibelius: authentic voice of the far North
Meet the authentic voice of the far north, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
Stockhausen: avant-garde visionary
Steph Power celebrates the German composer Stockhausen whose farsighted innovations forever changed our approaches to composing and listening
Charles Villiers Stanford: has history judged the composer unfairly?
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
Heinrich Schütz: Was he the most important German composer before Bach?
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
Schmitt, Florent
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: West/East synthesist, sitar maestro
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
Shostakovich: Russia's voice of the oppressed
Dmitri Shostakovich: the Soviet voice of the oppressed, and a composer of huge integrity
Strozzi, Barbara
Hannah French explores the life and career of a remarkable 17th century Venetian whose exquisite vocal works are without parallel. Meet Barbara Strozzi
Smetana, Bedřich
Erik Levi explores the life and works of the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, and how he influenced Czech music forever
Who is Caroline Shaw?
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
Schulhoff, Erwin
Suppressed by the Nazis, the jazz-loving Jewish composer’s originality and brilliant wit deserve to find a new audience, says Simon Broughton
Who was Franz Schmidt?
We look into the life of the composer, cellist and pianist Franz Schmidt
Schumann, Clara
We explore the life of the great Romantic pianist and composer Clara Schumann
Who was Ethel Smyth?
We explore the suffragette composer and redoubtable eccentric Ethel Smyth who fought 19th century convention and won.
Salieri, Antonio
A badly maligned master
Schoenberg, Arnold
Twelve-tone serial thriller
Scarlatti, Domenico
An operatic master unmasked?
Scriabin, Alexander
A composer of many colours
Satie, Erik
An engagingly eccentric voice
Strauss, Richard
Meet Richard Strauss: late Romantic and early Modern, traditionalist and pioneer
Schubert, Franz
Was Franz Schubert a prodigy without equal?