From Einaudi’s hypnotic arpeggios to Jóhannsson’s ominous drones – if you’re searching for the shared roots of neoclassical music, you inevitably land in 1960s America. grains explains the Minimal Music movement that originated as a rebellion against the European avant-garde

The winter season means different things to different people; and sometimes even myriad things to each of us individually. It can be a time of darkness and melancholy; a time of snowfall and Christmas cheer; a time for quietude and contemplation; a time, even, of fairy-tales and mystery

Look closely at the credits your favourite neoclassical album, and you might discover the name of Francesco Donadello. grains paid a visit to one of the scene’s finest sound engineers and producers in his Berlin studio to chat about working with everyone from Jóhannsson to Einaudi to Nils Frahm

How does film scoring actually work? How do you get to work on movies? What’s the role of the composer in relation to the director? grains spoke to Yair Elazar Glotman, a Berlin-based electroacoustic composer and orchestral double-bass player, about his experience in writing music for films

Our editors select several movie soundtracks from the 2000s that are distinctive, innovative and just plain breathtaking

At just 25-years-old, Icelandic composer Gabríel Ólafs is already one of classical music’s most exciting composers. He has released several albums, racked up 200 million streams, and has co-founded an orchestra for film and TV music that features on his new recording. Read our interview here…

A dive into Jóhann Jóhannsson’s formative early years in the Icelandic capital, where he played guitar and keyboards for rock, indie and electronic bands; collected—and formed a group based on—vintage organs; and blurred the boundaries between music and art with the progressive Kitchen Motors collective.

As Armenian composer and pianist Marie Awadis and Icelandic composer and producer Snorri Hallgrímsson prepare to release their debut recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label, we bring them together to contrast and compare their musical journeys so far…

The Italian composer announced the release of his 17th solo album “The Summer Portraits” in January 2025. Reminiscing on his childhood summers, he speaks on the inspirations behind his newest work