SANTA CRUZ – In 1982, when working on the music for a Berkeley production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” pianist Ivan Rosenblum began getting ideas for a piece that would capture the horrors of the ...

In the last 10 days since actor Timothée Chalamet’s controversial statement in an interview with Variety, saying “nobody cares” about opera and ballet anymore went viral — he has been called a “shmuck ...

Stephen Hartke has served as chair of the Composition department for the past 11 years, after an accomplished and varied career. He won the 2013 Best Contemporary Classical Composition Grammy for his ...

HENDERSON — Bright and early Thursday morning, Conductor Sophie Mok led the NC Symphony during a live concert and musical education session for the benefit of some 900 fourth graders from Vance and ...

Rising EDM artist SOUKHYA’s excitement is infectious when she talks about her recent experience in the JBL Music Academy.

Music has fueled DeMarco Castro's life for as long as he can remember. "I started playing piano when I was five, got a scholarship at seven, and I'm classically trained," he said.

There is a version of this story that would have gone very differently. A talented violinist from Belarus finishes conservatory, wins some competitions, sends out recordings, and waits. Maybe a label ...

Maybe you've seen it: it's a short clip of the famous young actor Timothée Chalamet trashing ballet and opera, saying quite unequivocally that "no one cares any more" about these art forms. I mean, ...

The pianist’s recital was a masterful essay in sound where the Hungarian composer’s short piano works were woven into and out of Debussy, Liszt and Bach You could mark György Kurtág’s 100th birthday ...

A group of Black classically trained musicians called D-Composed have made it their mission to celebrate the work of Black composers from the past, present and future. "The mission of D-composed is to ...

The spring season is rich and robust, despite shocking developments at the Kennedy Center. Outside Washington, the classical music industry suffers the usual ups and downs, shocks and bumps, with ...

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