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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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

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 ...

The classical music tradition in the United States is borrowed from Europe. But few could have anticipated how European it would remain. The classical music tradition in the United States is borrowed ...