The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra performing on tour in Bielefeld, 1940. Image courtesy of Stadtarchiv Munich (City Archive ...

When I was a teenager back in The Old Country, I once had a brief but overpowering desire to play the trombone. I borrowed ...

It took time to reassemble the orchestra in 2022. The following January, amid rolling blackouts and power cuts, they played their traditional Viennese New Year’s concert in the dark to a packed house, ...

Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the general music director of the Berlin State Opera is the rarity “Die ...

Grammy Award-winning composer, violinist and concert curator Jessie Montgomery will exercise all three of those musical ...

Members of the Great Barrier Reef Orchestra will be giving two performances in the space of a week – the first in a cathedral ...

Vanessa Redgrave’s Oscar acceptance speech remains a startling watch. It was 1978 and the star had just scooped the best ...

The L.A. Phil opens a Hollywood Bowl season filled with Russian music as Thomas Sondergard conducts and pianist Kirill ...

Why still hear classical music live? What can a concert by your local orchestra offer, when there are more than 100 years of unsurpassable recordings available to listeners?

More than three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the arts remain a carefully scrutinized ...

Acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin, who previously held the position of music advisor with the Nashville Symphony, is back in the role once again.

Written by acclaimed British composer Jonathan Dove (Mansfield Park, Flight, Marx in London) with libretto by Alasdair Middleton, The Monster in the Maze is a unique community opera that earned a ...