The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

Cannons, fireworks, trumpets, and drums – with the whole orchestra to play with, classical music is the perfect accompaniment ...

If you’re a classical music lover, there’s excellent news. You no longer need an app to listen to Apple Music Classical. The service is now also available ...

Seattle Opera's "Fellow Travelers," Seattle Symphony's "Iris Unveiled" and Bach in fresh contexts are among highlights of the ...

TURNmusic, the central Vermont new-music ensemble, isn’t just about contemporary classical music. It’s about the whole spectrum of today’s music, from traditional to pop to jazz to classical. “I’m not ...

Washington, DC’s WETA has a new classical offshoot: WETA Virtuoso, a new HD and streaming classical music channel. The service expands the offerings of WETA Classical to include complete recordings ...

The Ivors Academy has announced the 34 composers and librettists who have been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. The winners will be announced at The Ivors Classical Awards in November, celebrating ...

It's the headline violinists, bassoonists and bangers of big expensive drums look for each year: classical music is back, and young people like it again. To be fair, the data mostly checks out: ...

Newport Classical, the most active year-round performing arts organization on Aquidneck Island, has appointed Oliver Inteeworn as its new Executive Director, effective January 5, 2026. Inteeworn ...

The Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, one of Vermont s half dozen or so community orchestras, just named Anne Decker as its new music director. It was an obvious choice Decker is a veteran and respected ...

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, ...