Composer Max Richter, (center), discusses his "reimagined" Four Seasons with violinist Daniel Hope and conductor Andre Ridder before the World Premiere One of the coolest composers you've probably ...

What do we possess today as “art”? A faked music, filled with artificial noisiness of massed instruments; a failed painting, full of idiotic, exotic and showcard effects, that every ten years or so ...

The music of Beethoven will be inescapable this year, as orchestras around the world celebrate his 250th birthday. But the Juilliard School has another anniversary in mind for its coming Focus ...

Gateways Radio celebrates music without limits. We explore the rich legacy of Black composers across the 20th century, with works by William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery, Errollyn Wallen, and ...

From Andean folk celebrations to circus-infused classics, local stages are offering a diverse slate of classical and ...

Last month at Royal Albert Hall, a capacity audience of 6,000 cheered and applauded wildly at the European premiere of Scottish composer James MacMillan's stirring Third Symphony. A few days later, ...

The French composer, Claude Debussy, is known as the first impressionist composer. He was born in 1862 and is often referred to as one of the most influential composers of the time. Some of his most ...