Researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD, Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, PA have found that Baroque classical music in the reading room can help improve radiologists work lives, potentially improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, according to a study

Eight radiologists were analyzed by rating their mood, concentration, perceived diagnostic accuracy, productivity and work satisfaction on a seven point scale. “The greatest positive effects were noted with regard to mood and work satisfaction, with 63% and 50% of respondents reporting a positive impact,” said Sohaib Mohiuddin, MD, and Paras Lakhani, MD, lead authors of the study. “Only one participant (12.5%) indicated a negative effect of music on concentration,” they said.

“Given the increased workload of today’s radiologists, we were interested in looking at environmental factors that could improve the work environment for today’s busy radiology reading rooms,” said Dr. Mohiuddin.

“Other studies have correlated baroque classical music with improved spatial reasoning, attentiveness and concentration and personally, I have found that listening to music aids my concentration and interpretative abilities,” said Dr. Lakhani. “We are currently performing a larger study with more subjects to validate these results,” they said.

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In these modern days of savvy tech and other sophisticated stuff, cellphones are human’s best friend. Now with cellphone you can do internet, write notes, take pictures etc. Leaving home without cellphone is scary and awkward for some people.

For us classical music lovers, it is important to keep hearing classical music anywhere, that’s why some people put a CLASSICAL MUSIC RINGTONE to satisfy the ears’ need.

Here are the 10 most popular classical music ringtone based on mobileringtones.com

• 1. Johann Strauss Sr. - Radetzki Marsch
• 2. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony Nr. 5
• 3. Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons: Spring
• 4. Georges Bizet - Carmen
• 5. Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony: Ode to Joy
• 6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro
• 7. Maurice Ravel - Bolero
• 8. Johann Strauss Jr. - The Blue Danube
• 9. Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
• 10. Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto

To download classical music ringtones, you can find them here

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If you are thinking of buying a piano, you should definitely consider Steinway and Sons. Steinways are very expensive, but you know, IT’S WORTH IT. Especially if you are using it for performing live.

Now here is why:
Steinway Pianos has a warm vibrant tone and super responsive. When I am playing a Steinway my playing somehow sounds wayyyy better.  The tone is so pleasant to hear and the key touch is so bouncy and soft. It’s like the Bentley of pianos. The midrange sounds very clear and the bass really kicks in just in the right tonal quality, and oh, the high notes has some piercings that somehow tasty to our ears. Compared to Kawaii and Yamaha, Steinway is definitely in the way higher level, but again, you just have to bear with the price.

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After he earned the first prize of the Chopin International Piano Competition in 2000, Yundi Li has exclusively produced audio recordings with the Deutsche Grammophon.

Chopin Recital (2003)

Piano Sonata in B minor No. 3 op. 58
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante op. 22
Études op. 10 Nos. 2 + 5 op. 25 No. 11 »Winter Wind«
Nocturnes op. 9 Nos. 1 + 2 op. 15 No. 2
Impromptu op. 66
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He is young, attractive, talented, calm, and reserved. His playing always fulls of sensational with warm tone and deep expressiveness. Chopin‘s piano literature was the first step of his professional career as a concert pianist. He is Yundi Li (1982), born in Chongqing, China.

Like Lang Lang, he came from a poor family background. His first musical instrument was accordion. He learnt it at the age of four with Tan Jian Min, and won the Chongqin Children Accordion Competition a year later. He started learning the piano at the age of seven with Dan Zhao Yi (for nine years) His talent, ambition, and love for the piano led him renowned music school in Shenzen, China with scholarships.
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Mozart sonatas for piano “with violin accompaniment” can be divided into three groups:

First Group:

• K. 379, K. 376, K. 377, K. 380
• Date from 1781, the time of the rupture with the archbishop and shortly there after

Second Group:

• Consists of a substantial number of unfinished works
• Dating from the year of his marriage

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Original Manuscript of Mozart

During the last 10 years of his life, Mozart produced the “immortal” works. His music is a synthesis of national styles. It contains the element of absolute musicality, not autobiographical, it doesn’t reflect current events and everything is transformed into abstract music.

Mozart’s significant contribution can be seen through his opera, orchestral chamber, and choral music composition.

The characteristics of his composition:
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An excerpt of the composer hand writing: Symphony no. 95

As a composer, Haydn’s finest works can be seen in the genre of symphonies and quartets. He wrote a large number of symphonies and string quartets. They have expressive potential of the forms for each movement was employed with great imagination.

With his sophisticated writing, Haydn never forget to include the melodic attractiveness (folklike simplicity/deep profoundity), unexpected chord progressions, unexpected changes in tonality, string changes in orchestration, and great skill in orchestration with highly colorful instrumental writing, both in string quartets and in symphonies.
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One of world’s prestigious piano competitions, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, was first held in 1962 at Forth Worth, Texas. The name of the competition is taken in honoring the American pianist, Van Cliburn who won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.

Pianists between eighteen and thirty years old are eligible to participate in this competition, which is held every four years. The judges choose thirty pianists in the preliminary round, twelve pianists in the semifinal round, and six pianists in the final round.
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We all know the name Evgeny Kissin (1971), a successful Russian pianist. His fame has been known around the world. He has performed as both soloist and chamber musician with leading conductors and symphony orchestra around the globe. He has received many recognitions and awards including honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music and Grammy Award for best solo piano performances in 2006.
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