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In celebration of National Cat Day on October 29, Classical 101 Program Director Beverley Ervine has unearthed an amazing amount of cat factoids. I have…

How many times have you listened to a piece of music and said to yourself, "I could have written that!"Â Now's your chance to prove it with Rapido, a 14…

Josef Suk, know in many music circles as a stellar interpreter of his great-grandfather Antonin Dvorak's Violin Concerto and chamber works has died after…

This morning's New York Times carries a front page story on the impending return to conducting of James Levine, who has been benched since March, 2011.Â…

Though the Music@Menlo festival each summer is the most visible aspect of M@M, there is year-round activity at the Menlo school. Watch Music@Menlo Winter…

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform all four of the symphonies of American composer Charles Ives in Carnegie Hall. Leonard Slatkin will conduct.Â…

You may recall the 'Rolling Requiem" project on September 11, 2002. On that date, the one year anniversary of the attacks, Mozart's Requiem was performed…

"Classical 101: By Request" is Heard Fridays From 1-3 PM. When the definitive book on Dmitri Shostakovich's life and work is written, it will be one…

Stories appear on a seemingly daily basis telling of struggles in arts organizations the world over. Â One orchestra, however, has demonstrated that it…

The Italian conductor Ricardo Chailly is 60 years old today. He was born in Milan in 1953 and got an auspicious start in his chosen career when he…