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

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, making her New York Philharmonic debut this week, has become one of music’s quirkiest stars by breathing new life into standards.

Acclaimed violinist Ray Chen made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut on March 13, performing Tchaikovsky’s iconic “Violin ...

For many theater lovers in Sacramento, nothing says summer quite like enjoying a Merlino’s Orange Freeze while watching a show at Broadway at Music Circus. For nearly 75 years, audiences have ...

Gil Shaham, one of the 21st century’s pre-eminent violinists, will perform as part of the 14th InClassica International Music ...

Hilton and Swift have a long-standing friendship, stemming from their collaboration on the 2007 music video "Teardrops On My Guitar." Hilton is also promoting his upcoming children's book "Daddy ...

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 ...

Allen McCullough’s unorthodox and harmonically dense ‘Precipice’ was the April 6 concert’s centerpiece. :: The Atlanta ...

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 ...

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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