Algorithm to complete Beethoven’s unfinished symphony

Musicians of Venezuela Symphony Orchestra forced into exile.

For the 250th birthday of the German composer, a complete performance will be given of what an algorithm predicts his final symphony would have sounded like. The symphony is to be performed in April by a full orchestra.

The first woman to compose for the Vienna Opera, Austrian Olga Neuwirth says she hopes to challenge traditional norms with a work that aims to "shake up the institution" by celebrating the fluidity of genres and musical identities.

British pianist and composer George Benjamin, who has often been described as a 20th-century Mozart, is in Paris this month to take part in Radio France's 30th edition of the Présences Festival. Among all the concerts on offer, two of his operas, "Written on Skin" and "Lessons in Love and Violence", are the highlight. He spoke to FRANCE 24 about his long-standing relationship with France, plus his fears and expectations in relation to how Brexit will affect the music industry.

"Il Maestro" Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, has died in Rome.

In this edition, we focus on the gigantic leap Google's AI branch Deepmind has made by predicting the 3D structure of proteins as accurately as a physical experiment. It was one of biology's greatest challenges. We tell you how this breakthrough is set to accelerate drug development.

With the help of a virtual instrument, composer Alexandros Markeas is developing an encounter with artificial intelligence, which plays notes in response to his own.

Inspired by Beethoven's unfinished 10th symphony, a computer has generated 'BeethovANN Symphony 10.1', imagining how the mysterious piece might have sounded, with ANN referring to the artificial neural network that created it.