The most significant centenary of 2018 has to be that of Claude Debussy, who died in March 1918, aged only 55, after years of suffering from rectal cancer.

‘Clair de lune’, meaning moonlight, was written by the Impressionist French composer Claude Debussy. Here’s everything you need to know about this piano masterpiece. Claude Debussy started writing the ...

Acclaimed pianist Kirill Gerstein has been awarded the Opus Klassik Special Award for Curatorial Achievement for his double ...

News about Claude Debussy. Commentary and archival information about Claude Debussy from The New York Times.

Given his strong links to the visual arts of his time, Claude Debussy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris on August 22, 1862, would probably have felt at home composing for the cinema.

Claude Debussy Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century’s composers. His lyrical gift, idiosyncratic harmonies, colours and rhythms, his preference for suggestion rather than ...

Tom Service considers whether Claude Debussy was an impressionist or not, arguing that he was instead a modernist, an abstract composer and also a creator of nightmares. Show more Tom Service ...

Debussy's beautiful symphonic poem was first performed in 1894 – and it's since become one of the most popular pieces of all time. Here's how it came into being. The enigmatic name of this piece comes ...