Pablo Ferrández plays Schumann's Cello Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne.

Ever go to the beach or a botanical garden and say the only thing missing from the picturesque view is a 36-piece orchestra performing the music of Beethoven, Rossini, Bottesini, and Schumann? If so, ...

The Santa Barbara Music Club will offer a free matinee concert at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. As I say, a program guaranteed to ...

The Santa Barbara Symphony’s February concerts — called Beethoven’s Triple — will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in the Granada Theatre. The concerts, conducted by ...

The German composer Robert Schumann’s piano works are performed by pianist Nino Gvetadze on her new CD (Rex Features) Christ on the Mount of Olives – Christus am Őlberge – focused on Christ’s ...

I'm getting a little weary of praising the San Diego Symphony to the heavens, but they're not giving much of a choice. Last week's "most beautiful sound ever" has now been replaced by the brass ...

The first time Jonathan Biss asked for piano lessons, he was 4. His musician parents said he was too young, but he kept asking. “There was music everywhere when I was growing up,” recalls Biss, who ...

3 ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 5 4 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists Rafael Payare's honeymoon with the San Diego symphony orchestra has barely begun, but I'm ready to ...