Jessie Montgomery is having a moment. Several moments at once, actually. In the past several years, the 40-year-old composer and violinist has rapidly become a poster child for the shifting classical ...

Academy of Ancient Music director Laurence Cummings selects five masterpieces written by composers late in life ...

Can listening to classical music make you “smarter”? Since intelligence is measured in many ways, the issue is contentious. How, exactly, might this occur? In a 1993 study published in the journal ...

In a time of darkness and struggle, composers often look back to ancient stories, myths, even tunes for inspiration — or at ...

Musician Lara Downes aims to highlight the work of composers like Harry T. Burleigh, photographed c. 1938. Granger Classical pianist Lara Downes knew she was onto something profound when audiences ...

Everyday, contemporary composers are making their mark on the sonic palette of classical music. Throughout history, there have been incredible examples of music, artforms, and creative cultures forged ...

George Hall explores the underrated composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari who united Italian and German influences in a range of ...

Deaf musicians have shaped classical music for centuries, but only recently have innovations like haptic vests and Auslan ...

Born in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, and violist. His work included solo music, choral pieces, instrumental concertos, and many keyboard music. Some of ...

In popular culture, it’s not often that classical music gets a spot in the proverbial spotlight. But more recently, two celebrated films have taken the subject up and earned critical and cultural ...

The first half will feature violinist Paul Huang (黃俊文) performing Korngold’s “Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35.” The second ...

The French composer, Claude Debussy, is known as the first impressionist composer. He was born in 1862 and is often referred to as one of the most influential composers of the time. Some of his most ...