Freya Parr
Freya Parr
Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
Recent articles by Freya Parr

The best works by Ethel Smyth

We look at some of the best pieces of music by the leading composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth
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Who is Ludwig Göransson? A guide to the Oscar-winning film composer

Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson has captured the attention of the film music world in recent years, but his composing career has been much more diverse than most...
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Winners of Golden Globes for Best Original Score: all the winning and nominated soundtracks from history

All the winners and nominated film scores from the history of the Golden Globes
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Royal Shakespeare Company to present new play about Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst

'Ben and Imo' began life as a play for BBC Radio 3, but has been reworked for its stage debut with the RSC, outlining the creative relationship between the two composers
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Ludwig Göransson wins Golden Globe for Best Original Score with Oppenheimer

The Golden Globes have previously nominated Göransson in this category, but this is the first time the Swedish composer has taken home the award
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Georges Bizet: five essential works

We choose the best pieces by the theatrical genius Bizet
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Twofold (Brandon Patrick George)

Luna (Anna Lapwood)

Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony Classical)
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Bacheando (Plínio Fernandes)

Plínio Fernandes (guitar) (Decca Gold)
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Tan Dun: Buddha Passion

Zhu Huiling (soprano), Shenyang (bass-baritone) et al; Orchestre National de Lyon and International Choir Academy Lübeck/Tan Dun (Decca)
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Sebastian Fagerlund: Terral; Strings to the Bone etc

Sharon Bezaly (flute); Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (BIS)
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Treasures from the New World, Vol. 3

Marcelo Barboza (flute), Fabio Zanon (guitar), Clélia Iruzun (piano) (SOMM)
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Sufjan Stevens: Reflections

Timo Andres, Conor Hanick (piano) (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Romances (Pahud/Le Sage)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Éric Le Sage (piano) (Warner Classics)
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