Classical music can be both timeless and intimately connected to the times we are living through today. As new music is written and old favorites reinterpreted, the music can connect the past to the ...

The most notable classical-music story here in 2021 merited national attention, thanks to the debut of the San Diego Symphony’s new $85 million year-round outdoor concert venue, The Rady Shell at ...

It’s been a LONG intermission, hasn’t it? Eighteen months from the last time we were able to gather to hear the glorious strains of Mozart or Beethoven. But with vaccines and safety protocols, live ...

The American Classical Orchestra has announced its 2021-22 season of all-live performances, beginning with a full orchestra Reunion program of Baroque music in Damrosch Park on September 22. Season ...

Here is a smattering of notable classical music released in 2021. Itzhak Perlman protégé, Randall Goosby, joined by fellow Youth Concert Artists bassist/composer Xavier Foley and pianist Zhu Wang, ...

In what most would agree was, at best, a bumpy and unpredictable year, San Diego’s classical-music scene not only prevailed but flourished. In fact, earlier this month Musical America Worldwide — the ...

The National Symphony Orchestra has announced classical programming for the 2021-2022 season, its fifth season under the artistic leadership of Gianandrea Noseda. NSO Classical subscriptions for the ...

The composer Julius Eastman died in 1990, but his music is experiencing a renaissance. The Los Angeles-based group Wild Up's jubilant recording of his 1974 work Femenine is one of the most remarkable ...

We’re back! We’re back? You may have noticed, thanks to the lithium shortage, a dearth of semiconductor chips to power crystal balls, making them even scarcer and pricier than used cars. We’re on our ...

Johannes Brahms and Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim became instant and great friends upon meeting in their early 20s in 1853. Brahms wasn't yet known but the violinist was already a celebrity (and ...

The Metropolitan Opera returned with its first work by a Black composer, the repertory slowly got richer, and other highlights of the year. By Anthony Tommasini Zachary Woolfe Joshua BaroneSeth Colter ...