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
Five of the best sea shanties
There's nothing like singing along to a good old sea shanty. Here are 5 of the greatest sea shanty songs to sing by the sea, in the pub or at any of the UK's brilliant sea shanty festivals
Winners of Oscars for Best Original Score: all the nominated soundtracks from the history of the Academy Awards
All the winners and nominated film scores from the history of the Oscars
Tenet: our guide to Ludwig Göransson's soundtrack
Our guide to the dramatic score to Christopher Nolan's science-fiction action film Tenet, which won Ludwig Göransso nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score
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...
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
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
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
Maestro: all about the Netflix Bernstein biopic
Netflix has created a major Hollywood biopic about the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, named Maestro. Here, we bring together all the up-to-date details on the film, from the actors involved to the musical rights Netflix has procured
The greatest piano concertos of all time
These are some of the greatest piano concertos - the finest works ever written for piano with orchestra
Georges Bizet: five essential works
We choose the best pieces by the theatrical genius Bizet
Best operas for beginners: five operas newbies will love
Want to try opera but don't know where to start? Freya Parr shares her favourites for opera newbies
Stradivarius owners: which performers currently own Stradivarius violins and how much are they worth?
Violins made by Antonio Stradivari in the turn of the 18th century remain some of the most valuable and expensive instruments in the world. Here, we name their current owners and assess their current value
Twofold (Brandon Patrick George)
Luna (Anna Lapwood)
Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony Classical)
Bacheando (Plínio Fernandes)
Plínio Fernandes (guitar) (Decca Gold)
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion
Zhu Huiling (soprano), Shenyang (bass-baritone) et al; Orchestre National de Lyon and International Choir Academy Lübeck/Tan Dun (Decca)
BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing theme tune: who composed it and why it has a Latin flavour
Who wrote the Strictly Come Dancing theme tune?
Who was Jessye Norman, the trailblazing opera singer and diversity champion?
Meet the iconic, game-changing American soprano, Jessye Norman
Sebastian Fagerlund: Terral; Strings to the Bone etc
Sharon Bezaly (flute); Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (BIS)
Treasures from the New World, Vol. 3
Marcelo Barboza (flute), Fabio Zanon (guitar), Clélia Iruzun (piano) (SOMM)
Best cello music: are these the 10 greatest cello pieces ever?
Ten of our favourite pieces of classical music for the cello
Sufjan Stevens: Reflections
Timo Andres, Conor Hanick (piano) (Asthmatic Kitty)
Romances (Pahud/Le Sage)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Éric Le Sage (piano) (Warner Classics)