experimenting with the pentatonic scale and overlapping harmonics to create an iconic style that had a huge impact on the western canon. Includes extracts from Voiles by Claude Debussy ...

He encouraged Debussy to write music that was not hidebound by academic tradition – ‘Break the rules, defy convention’ could have been his credo – and to find inspiration in the paintings of Claude ...

On Sunday, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returned to Orchestra Hall with an invitation to wade in a single great work: Claude Debussy’s Préludes. Considering the Préludes a “work” is ...