Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor devotees are working to revive his music and legacy coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his ...

So little is known about the queer lives” of Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Smyth, Poulenc, and Britten, highlights a ...

The first thing to know about "Black Keys: The Evolution of the Black Classical Arts" is that the concert is sold out. That happened more than a month ago, leaving only the slim hope of a wait list ...

One of Mozart’s Sonatas for Piano 4-Hands is today’s Midday Masterpiece. And a pianist-composer with whom he is known to have performed piano 4-hands music, Marianne Martinez, is today’s featured ...

Today, June 20, 2025, is the summer solstice. From here on out, the days will become shorter. To my mind, that makes it the start of Christmas. Actually, this week does have some nativity activity: ...

Being a composer is a solitary gig, even in the best of times. And that feeling of isolation can be exacerbated for people of color working in classical music’s predominantly white spaces. But amid ...

Members of Sphinx Virtuosi, shown above in performance, are wrapping up the group’s spring tour. From songbook to performers, the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization — via its touring ensemble Sphinx ...

Vienna is called the City of Music for its rich classical heritage and legendary composers. Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert all lived here, shaping Western classical music. The city continues to ...

This winter’s classical music standouts celebrate collaboration and combination. Local composers and performers team up to bring audiences music of our time and place, often inspired by today’s ...