There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...

For the composers chosen to participate, among the nearly 200 who apply each year, the concert was the culmination of an intense multi-day immersion into the artistic life of an orchestra. During a ...

For moviegoers of a certain age, there is one musical snippet even more famous than the four opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: the deep, bowed strings that announce the arrival of Bruce, ...

With new releases and concerts, Anthony Braxton’s output as an artist and thinker is quickly available for longtime fans and ...

When you hear some of the most iconic film scores of the 1970s and beyond, odds are that many of them will be by John Williams. He’s one of the relatively few film composers the general public knows ...

Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov almost didn't make it out of his hometown of Kyiv at the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion. First, his daughter had to convince him to escape to safety; ...

“All of a sudden,” says Composer William Sydeman, “the stuff has just exploded.” The stuff is Composer Sydeman’s music, and it has indeed been exploding in the ears of modern music buffs—15 Sydeman ...

L.A. Opera presents the world premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'Hildegard,' about the mystical 12th century composer/abbess St. Hildegard von Bingen.

Jon Cziner’s new piece, Clarinet Concerto, is the result of a multi-year collaboration between the composer and Principal ...