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Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) completed his Sinfonia India in 1936, and I have always found it a fascinating piece from this important Mexican composer.…

Guitarist Julian Bream is the recipient of the 2013 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous recipients include Claudio Abbado, Janet Baker,…

You might not think Dmitri Shostakovich and 50 Cent have much in common. But according to violinist Wil B, you'd be wrong. Shostakovich's music lets you…

Spanish classical guitarist Andres Segovia, who was born February 21, 1893, elevated the status of the guitar as a serious instrument for concert music.…

Deborah Voigt, America's foremost dramatic soprano, has a busy concert season ahead, beginning and ending with Puccini heroines, with some Wagner and…

Here's a name you'll soon come to know: Laurent Korcia. Even though this talented French violinist has 15 recordings under his belt, it's the amount of…

The technology around us has made its way into all kinds of movies — sci-fi, thrillers, horror. But there's one movie genre it hasn't been able to infiltrate — the romantic comedy.

This year's AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn features artists who are expanding the universe of punk and ideas about who belongs there.

Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a desegregation effort in Detroit could not cross school district lines, marking a reversal of the course set by the court in Brown v. Board.

Activist Gloria Steinem has fought for women's rights for decades. She has no plans to stop even as the Supreme Court is poised to reverse Roe v. Wade.