With the surge of vaccinations to corral the pandemic, we might be seeing the last round of livestream-only productions of classical music concerts. This will especially be a welcome relief to the ...

We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first ...

In an age where digital technology melds seamlessly with art, the world's premier opera houses, ballet companies, and classical orchestras are now just a click away. Whether you're a seasoned ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, crippled like so many other businesses during the pandemic, has called off the Holiday Pops series and the winter/spring season — but there’s a note of hope for fans.

A 16 year old teenage girl playing the violin. She is performing in a black dress. She is looking down at her instrument with a serious expression on her face, concentrating as she plays. Many of the ...

About the time in the late 1700s that the piano was undergoing major evolutions, Mozart's publisher contracted him to compose three Piano Quartets. After writing the first, the publisher released ...

Editor’s Note: Charlie Albright is a classical pianist and recipient of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2010 Gilmore Young Artist Award. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The ...

Classical music’s virtual season continues with artists and organizations offering events from solo performances to full-scale festivals, beginning with Valley of the Moon’s celebration of the ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

When Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, a classical music aficionado in Brooklyn, asked her Amazon Echo for some music recently, she had a specific request: the third movement of Beethoven’s “Emperor” ...