Although the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi applied unsuccessfully to study at the Milan Conservatory, this renowned college of music was eventually named after him.

The opera "Mariken in the Garden of Earthly Delights," to music by Calliope Tsoupaki, is based on the miracle play "Mariken van Nieumeghen" (c. 1515).

The Waldbuhne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker's summer concerts.

Violinist Daniel Rowland, violist Rachel Roberts, cellist Julian Arp, and pianist Diana Ketler perform Richard Strauss's Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13, as part of the Stiftfestival 2016 in the Dutch village of Weerselo.

Soprano Vassia Alati (the Netherlands/Greece, 1992) and pianist Yuto Kiguchi (Japan, 1989) perform 'C'est l'extase langoureuse' from Claude Debussy's Arriettes oubli?es, L. 63, and "Fantoches" from Debussy's F?tes galantes, L. 86; Bart Visman's Het goud van Vermeer; "Lerchengesang" from Johannes Brahms's Vier Ges?nge, Op. 70; Franz Schubert's Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, Op. 24, No. 1, D. 583; "Now the leaves are falling fast" from Benjamin Britten's On this island, Op. 11; and "I gria zoi" (Old mother life) from Manolis Kalomiris's Mayovotana (Magic herbs), during the semi-finals of the International Vocal Competition 2021 - Lied Duo.