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Forget fruit, South African wine shows notes of Bach and Mozart Everybody knows that wine should have a good nose, but one South African vintner wants the world to believe it also needs a good ear.

25 August 2014

5th Orchestra Parade to bring famous musical to Almaty The 5th Orchestra Parade will be held from September 9 to 11 at the summer amphitheater of the Central Park of Culture and Recreation in Almaty.

24 August 2014

Kazakh in top 20 of Chinese singing contest Kaysar, an ethnic Kazakh living in China, has made it into the top 20 of a singing contest in China.

20 August 2014

Arctic Monkeys ready to chill after global success Award-winning British rockers Arctic Monkeys are ready for a break.

20 August 2014

Loreen to headline Eurasian Music Awards in Almaty Eurovision-2012 winner Loreen from Sweden is going to headline the 3rd Eurasian Music Awards (EMA 2014) in Almaty.

19 August 2014

10-yo Kazakh singer succeeds at Junior New Wave 2014 Mukhammedali Zhugunusov, a 10 year singer from Kazakhstan won the third place at the Junior New Wave 2014.

19 August 2014

Oxford students' cover draws Shakira's attention Oxford choir has become popular after releasing acapella cover of Shakira's hit songs which then was tweeted by Colombian singer herself.

04 August 2014

Kazakhstani guitar player reaches Top 100 of Guitar Idol 2014 A participant of Guitar Idol 2014 Artur Mashurov from Kazakhstan got into the Top 100 of the prestigiuous music competition.

03 August 2014

At least 24 dead in Guinea rap concert stampede: hospital A stampede during a rap concert on a Conakry beach left at least 24 people dead, Guinean hospital officials said.

30 July 2014

Linda Ronstadt awarded White House arts honor Linda Ronstadt, who was the most successful female rocker of the 1970s and pioneered the role of women in that genre, was honored with the highest US arts prize.

29 July 2014

Kazakhstani guitar player aspires to win Guitar Idol 2014 Kazakhstani guitar player Artur Mashurov from On Top of Tengri rock festival is participating in the prestigious international competition Guitar Idol 2014.

27 July 2014

Glamourous Salzburg Festival kicks off amid budget worries Budget problems and widely publicised management disputes: the Salzburg Festival, one of the world's top opera events which kicks off this weekend, has seen almost as much drama behind the scenes as on stage in recent years.

26 July 2014

Bose sues Beats over headphone patents Audio technology veteran Bose Corporation sued Beats Electronics over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones.

26 July 2014

Movie with Kazakh composer's soundtracks shortlisted for Toronto Film Festival American Heist movie directed by Russian Sarik Andreasyan was shortlisted for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

24 July 2014

Beetles devour George Harrison tribute tree A tree planted in a Los Angeles park in memory of the late George Harrison of the Beatles has been killed by beetles, a city councillor has said.

24 July 2014

Winners of K-pop Festival in Almaty get to go to South Korea Grand K-pop Festival 2014 was held in Almaty. Mad Man band won the Grand Prix and will go to South Korea.

19 July 2014

11 y.o. Kazakh pianist wins competition in Cannes 11-y.o. pianist from Kokshetau, Kazakhstan, Alina Galiyeva has won a prestigious international competition in France.

16 July 2014

US conductor Lorin Maazel dies at 84 US conductor and composer Lorin Maazel -- whose celebrated international career began when he was a child and later included stints at the New York Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera -- died Sunday. He was 84.

15 July 2014

Bieber gets two years' probation over LA egg-throwing Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, who has been in trouble with the law in recent months, got two years of probation in Los Angeles Wednesday over an egg-throwing attack.

10 July 2014

Psy goes from 'Gangnam' to hip-hop style in new song Psy, who set off a global sensation with "Gangnam Style," tried out a fresh sound Sunday as he released a hip-hop tale of drunken debauchery co-starring rap legend Snoop Dogg.

08 July 2014

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