Often, people become acquainted with musical instruments in childhood through Christmas presents, music school, or lessons ...

I posed a deceptively simple question to our writers and editors, as well as some artists we admire: What are the five minutes or so — longer than a moment, shorter than a symphony — that you’d play ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to all the moods from the grand master of Western classical music: consoling, rousing, peaceful, passionate. In the past we’ve chosen the five ...

In a program designed to juxtapose contemporary and traditional music for the classical guitar, Florida native Zachary Johnson performed brilliantly Oct. 17 as part of Liverpool's Joyful Noise: ...

Gustavo Dudamel launches the fall season with a world premiere by the Hawaiian composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Charles ...

When Isabelle Nieves wound up in the band class at Germantown Middle School in 2017, she didn’t want to play the flute. As a matter of fact, she wasn’t eager to play any instrument. Her mother had ...

Cheryl Dring, the public radio veteran who coordinated every aspect of Classical 101's sound and operations, died Tuesday ...

BOSTON - A Black musician has made it his mission to connect kids in underserved neighborhoods in Boston with classical music. "I was curious to look at it and what's inside a cello, what's these ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the biggest, loudest, most extravagant (yet incredibly subtle) instrument of them all. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we ...