If you’re tired of hearing the same cheerful holiday songs on repeat since Nov. 1, Classical Blast is here with a classic rock-meets-Christmas experience. Formed in 2012, Classical Blast is known for ...

After the overwhelming success of the first part of his 'Rock Meets Classic - Symphony of Light' tour in the fall of 2024, ...

So much of Rick Sowash’s music is pastoral and lighthearted, so when he wants to express darker feelings, where does he turn? The cello. It’s featured in his Dark Forest Suite, and you can hear it ...

Trust them or trash them, the Grammy Awards rolled out once again last night. And, alas, there was no sign of classical music on the 210-minute telecast, but we've become used to that. All the ...

Editor’s Note: Charlie Albright is a classical pianist and recipient of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2010 Gilmore Young Artist Award. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. The ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...

Few art forms on earth are more indebted to class privilege than Western classical music. For most of its history, it has relied on monarchs, aristocrats, and wealthy patrons even to exist. We have ...