For the first time, sitar maestro Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan and two-time Grammy-winning flautist Rakesh Chaurasia shared the stage in Strings & Wind, a unique collaboration exploring an intimate ...

Instead of treating classical music as something formal and ‘strictly for connoisseurs’, emerging musicians are offering younger audiences, seen as reluctant participants in this discourse, another ...

The Night Shift is the OAE’s project to put classical music into pub venues – in this case a dimly-lit but welcoming wood-panelled room in south London, usually home to a different kind of music and, ...

The series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores the sounds and music that play on repeat mentally – and how to escape their aural clutches This week’s question: can you acquire ...

Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio’s chant-filled music-theatre piece – performed by Theatre of Kiribati and Britten Sinfonia – pushes Mahler into uncharted waters Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde ...

Readers discuss ways to rescue the industry. To the Editor: Re “Stop Mutilating Classical Music to Sell It to Kids,” by Evan Shinners (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 23): Mr. Shinners’s essay makes an ...

Elements Music & Arts Festival has revealed the phase one lineup for its 2026 edition, returning to Long Pond, Pennsylvania for three days of music, art, camping, and immersive experiences from August ...

With all due respect to Mr. Diamond, who I think has some great songs in his repertoire, “Sweet Caroline” sucks. I hate it with the power of 1000 burning suns. Whatever gene that people have that ...

She has tackled famous operas, hymns and sung the national anthem countless times. But this Christmas, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins has recorded a classical reinterpretation of a viral hit ...

Donnacha Dennehy, ‘Land of Winter’; Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, conductor (Nonesuch) How do you compose light? That was the task that the Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy took on in writing “Land ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

In this episode of #pulsefactsonly , Adeayo unpacked why Nigerians always expect musicians and celebrities to speak up during moments of national crisis and why many artists hesitate. From the history ...