Born in Vienna in 1912, ERICH LEINSDORF studied piano, cello, and composition at the State Academy of Music and at the age of twenty-two became assistant to Dr. Bruno Walter and later lo Toscanini at ...

Hot on the heels of a March program of Stravinsky, Haydn and Beethoven, Hong Kong-born Elim Chan will return to the podium ...

The Phoenix Symphony has revealed a new Virginia G. Piper Music Director after three-year search, Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli.

PRAGUE — Libor Pešek, a Czech classical music conductor best known for leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a decade, has died. He was 89. Pešek died on Sunday, said Jan Hasenöhrl, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laura Jackson is one of several guest conductors this season for the Southwest Florida Symphony. Whatever you do, don’t call the ...

Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age discrimination. By Farah Nayeri This article is part of our ...

The Broadway musical wouldn't be very musical at all without a good conductor and arranger. Today, NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Tony-nominated orchestrator Harold Wheeler, one of the best in the ...

Since Wieland and Wolfgang Wagner began redraping Grandfather Richard’s operas in modern scenic dress seven years ago, première audiences at the Bayreuth Festival have usually focused more on the ...

On the podium, all his movements are clipped and economical. Every muscle is under rigid control. But the moment the music stops, Conductor Igor Markevitch cuts loose. For quick relief from artistic ...

Anthony Rivera is the conductor and music director of the Santa Clara University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Prior to joining the faculty at SCU, Rivera completed graduate studies at the University ...