Max Steiner gave King Kong its roar and Gone with the Wind its romance. His scores helped turn film music into an essential ...

The Dudamera finally begins in earnest. The Philharmonic’s new chief inaugurates his tenure with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 ...

Today, Beethoven’s Eroica is a cornerstone of the classical repertoire. But imagine hearing it when it was new. It was longer, bolder and more emotionally intense than the symphonies audiences ...

This is not a job — it is a mission,” the new conductor of the New York Philharmonic said, starting a month of performances ...

A Pulitzer-winning composition and a modern border-crossing opera are highlights of this season's classical music calendar.

Academy of Ancient Music director Laurence Cummings selects five masterpieces written by composers late in life ...

The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of ...

Anderson’s importance as a barrier breaker in classical music has sometimes overshadowed the power of her artistry.

Join renowned pianist and host Emanuel Ax for Classical Music Happy Hour: a new podcast full of music, merriment, and conversation. Manny (Emanuel) talks with an eclectic lineup of composers, ...

Scotland’s Thea Musgrave is still writing radical music with perambulatory soloists and a message of hopefulness. Her latest work, for bassoonist Amy Harman, comes to the Proms this weekend Thea ...