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 ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 1, 2025 / Holiday music will never sound the same again. This season, global ...

Chicago has plenty of alternatives to yet another jinglefest — some from other musical genres or cultures, some keeping offbeat traditions and some from musical organizations for which December is ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights. By The New York Times ...