The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically titled opera of violence and grief joins the genre’s long roster of tragedies.

Taipei and Los Angeles-based Organic Media Group has picked up rights to U.S.-produced classical music documentary title “Crescendo” and will be launching it at the European Film Market, which ...

On this episode of On Stage at Curtis we meet Elijah Orlenko who comes from a family of musicians. With his fascination and curiosity towards all forms of art and science the piano was a piece of cake ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A Shostakovich quartet survey, contemporary choral works and piano music written and performed by Marie Awadis are among the highlights. Cuarteto ...

I started playing piano when I was 5 years old. My piano teacher was a quiet man at the local church. On Sundays, he would accompany the choir, and throughout the week he would see student after ...

Paul Smith is the co-artistic director of the group Blush Opera, which sometimes produces concerts and events featuring toy pianos. A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical ...

The piano continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide through the hands of today’s most talented musicians. From concert halls to streaming platforms, piano players of the 21st century shape our ...

BEND, Ore. — On a hot and breezy summer late afternoon, dozens of hikers trekked their way thousands of feet up Central Oregon's Mt. Bachelor, a world-class ski resort in the winter. Many took the ...

Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...