Born in the same town as Puccini, Luigi Boccherini’s future lay a very long way from Europe’s major musical centres, in the isolated Gredos Mountains in Central Spain. Martin Buzacott looks at some ...

This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. He isn't as well known as other composers like Mozart or Haydn — but some say he should be. Minuet ...

Luigi Boccherini was Italian-born but served the Spanish court, and he evoked the street scenes of Madrid with a soundscape worthy of Charles Ives in the programmatic String Quintet in C. Many have ...

This week Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of Luigi Boccherini. Boccherini’s extensive output is now largely forgotten, but one work in particular, the Minuet from his fifth String Quartet ...

Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini’s deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, ...