Classical music can be both timeless and intimately connected to the times we are living through today. As new music is written and old favorites reinterpreted, the music can connect the past to the ...

The most notable classical-music story here in 2021 merited national attention, thanks to the debut of the San Diego Symphony’s new $85 million year-round outdoor concert venue, The Rady Shell at ...

The American Classical Orchestra has announced its 2021-22 season of all-live performances, beginning with a full orchestra Reunion program of Baroque music in Damrosch Park on September 22. Season ...

This is the time of year when we ordinarily take a look back over the previous season and select the top concerts. We could do that, but 2021 was not an ordinary year for classical music, at least not ...

In what most would agree was, at best, a bumpy and unpredictable year, San Diego’s classical-music scene not only prevailed but flourished. In fact, earlier this month Musical America Worldwide — the ...

May 2021. A backyard in Medford, opposite a riverside playground. Pianist Miki Sawada rolls up with a cargo van and unloads an upright electric piano. Plastic folding chairs are set up for the small ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – No one could fairly say 2021 was a great year for classical music. Still, even with a pandemic in full swing, it could have been far, far worse. Musical life remained scaled-back in ...

Oliver Geisler’s witty booklet note makes the case for Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) as “one of the best unknowns in the history of music.” Reading the composer’s biography makes one wonder how he ...

Latonia Moore performs during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra assistant ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Don’t call classical music a niche. Not in Greater Cleveland. As the recent merger of Northeast Ohio’s public radio stations makes clear, classical music remains a powerhouse that ...