An old joke goes as follows: A young music student, visiting New York City, asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The answer comes quickly: “Practice.” To become—and stay—great in music (or any ...

As an executive at Columbia and RCA Records, he popularized the classics for mass audiences by applying the same techniques used to sell pop music. By Adam Nossiter R. Peter Munves, a record company ...

Classical music picks up the pace in Wilmington this week when the Vivace International Music Festival returns Thursday for its second season of solo and chamber music performances and masterclasses ...

Across at least a dozen interviews spanning more than two decades, Zakir Hussain is nothing if not consistent. In just about every conversation he’s preparing to fly off to India or has just returned ...

Twenty famous masterpieces by the most important composers in history are brought closer to the viewer through first class concert broadcasts. Examples from the musical scores help the viewer to ...

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien take on Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant—a piece as bold and virtuosic as its name suggests. It’s a spirited musical conversation between ...

He popularized Persian classical music for a new generation and built a global following, only to be blacklisted by Iran for supporting antigovernment protests. By Farnaz Fassihi The Persian classical ...