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Analysis of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, with The Ohio State University Political Science Chair Professor Herb Weisberg and Ohio…

Leonard Bernstein was a classical music triple threat: a world-class composer, conductor and pianist rolled up in one. And even today Bernstein is a name…

The indefatigable Norman Lebrecht was the first to break the news that Gustav Leonhardt has died, age 83. Leonhardt used to come to Boston quite often…

As Columbus' 200th birthday celebration kicks into gear, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra kicks it of this weekend at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community…

Not really. But she dances! My buddy Tim Veach, director of the Columbus Dance Theatre, has a new program in store for Columbus. Cleopatra. Only it's not…

When Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto, the musician for whom he wrote it declared it to be "unplayable." Another violinist (Adolf Brodsky) would…

It seems the viola and bassoon are the butt of most music jokes, but some have decided the oboe should not be spared. I must say that, having spent one…

In a recent "State of Ohio State" speech, OSU President Michael Drake said the central tenet of the school's land-grant mission has never been more…

Sometimes music helps us in ways that are hard to quantify, although we can recognize the quality that it brings to our lives. The great physicist Albert…

I enjoy following the careers of up and coming stars. One of note is Yuja Wang, a 22-year-old pianist from from China. The Washington Post called her…