A Japanese American composer, Akiho has thrilled audiences with music that features eye-popping elements like ping pong players, film of kung fu master Bruce Lee and most recently, a drumming ...

And now, instead of the stage, he is stepping behind a microphone to host a new podcast with WQXR and Carnegie Hall. It's called Classical Music Happy Hour, and it's part interviews, with guests like ...

It might just be because I am getting old, but suddenly it seems like classical music is newly cool. Tár, Todd Field’s caustic portrait of a celebrity conductor, was the most critically consequential ...

Classical music has a stuffy reputation, but Symphony San Jose — and its audiences — is just having too much fun this season for that to be true. Most of the orchestra ditched the formalwear for ...

From new commissions to new takes on historic music material, this spring’s classical music scene has a rich landscape of history and innovation. Guest artists from around the world enliven Twin ...

Spanish Classical Music: 6 p.m., Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Music has the power to transport us to another time ...

Apple Music Classical has the hi-res streaming files that audiophiles demand, plus an editorial team that’s not afraid to suggest which recordings are the best places to start with an individual ...

When did “fun” become such a dirty word in classical music? “Fun” attaches itself to kids’ or pops concerts, or a slapstick opera staging, long before it would get pinned on your average night at the ...

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