Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprised: to come ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax met back when they were young students at the Juilliard School in New York City, and they became great duo partners. The two play Frederic Chopin’s Polonaise ...

Looking back on 2025 is like trying to recount a dream — a mix of dagger-sharp details and foggy stretches that fall apart ...

Tchaikovsky wasn’t the only composer to tackle Romeo and Juliet, He just wrote the version that lives rent-free in our ...

Quintard credits Balenciaga’s longtime creative director Demna, who recently moved over to Gucci, and his musician husband Loïck Gomez, aka Bfrnd, for pioneering new sonic possibilities, calling the ...

In Chicago this season, you can find a jazzy Duke Ellington version, a global “Nutcracker” with hip-hop mice and the 50th ...

The 11-piece early-instrument ensemble will collaborate with Houston-based Arte Puro to explore the traditional roots of the ...

I miss my piano. For decades, a 1944 baby grand piano sat gloriously in the corner of my living room, and now that spot is taken up by a sofa bed, pull-out couch; whatever you call a piece of ...

Instrumental and Traditional Christmas Songs for Ballet and Relaxation. Perfect Christmas Carols to create a Choreography for Ballet Class and Christmas Dance Recital. Listen to Christmas Music if you ...

Mainstream audio and video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the best platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms ...

These days no genre is complete without the addition of an orchestra. House, techno, grime, metal – they have all been subjected to well-intentioned but often ill-conceived fusions with classical ...

Spanish pop megastar Rosalía flexes her classical training, as she teams up with the renowned London Symphony Orchestra for her new album. The Spanish popstar Rosalía has been known in the past to ...