Major orchestras in the US and around the world need little excuse to program the symphonic music of Soviet composer Dmitri ...

We wanted to do something very celebratory for the end of the 80th season to kind of cap it off,” conductor and music director Daniel Hege said.

Broad, interconnected thematic programming drives the BSO's just announced 2025-2026 season, including "E Pluribus Unum," a ...

Musicologists count an astounding 722 compositions in the catalogue of Ludwig von Beethoven, written over a scant 45 years, ...

Ludwig Göransson's original score and original soundtrack for the Ryan Coogler film "Sinners" will be released April 18.

Discover the story behind Beethoven’s revolutionary ... to wonder if, in the symphony’s funeral march, he was burying his own past. The scherzo returns the music to life, air, and spirit ...

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Beethoven’s vast contributions to the development of Western Classical music, and to the symphonic genre, are simply incalculable. His final, ninth symphony is one of the most remarkable pieces ...

Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action film where an American president has to fight Australian crypto-terrorists. By Beatrice Loayza In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film ...

How looming federal cuts will impact health coverage in the San Joaquin Valley. Also, an update on the Yurok Tribe’s condor restoration program. Finally, the Crocker Art Museum has a new CEO.

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April 10, 2025 • Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some artists are trying to figure out how to proceed. One ...