Aaron Copland’s gleaming, monumental Fanfare for the Common Man was written to mark the USA’s entry into World War II. Those ...

Julia Perry was one of the most accomplished American composers of the 20th century. Although she never became a household ...

Explore 25 of the most celebrated composers in history, from medieval pioneers to Romantic masters. Discover their ...

Close your eyes for a moment and think about the most memorable movie scenes you've ever watched. Chances are, you're not just seeing the visuals. You're hearing the music. That sweeping orchestral ...

As the Bayreuth festival turns 150, we look at the composer’s huge and enduring influence, and wonder what might have happened to classical music in his absence?

Britain's Gramophone magazine has highlighted what it says is surging international interest in Polish women ...

Sure, the outfits are hilariously baffling. The mystique curiously alluring. The frantic antics and manic-yet-precise playing ...

A sitar and a piano can share a stage, but they can never truly agree on a single note. One is tuned to the pure ratios of physics, the other to a grid that deliberately breaks them, and here is the ...

The evenings are just beginning to shorten, Wimbledon and the World Cup have passed, the grass is starting to look parched.

Pianist Cecile Licad will release a new two-disc album, Scott Joplin—King of Ragtime, on Danacord Records, featuring 22 works ...

Classic Revolution, the annual summer classical music festival organized by Lotte Concert Hall, will trace the canon back to its folk roots this year, gathering ...

To borrow a quote from 20th-century scholar Forrest Gump, Jon Batiste is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re ...