Search results for

While the content of classical music performances is always going to be focused on the composers which formed it's foundation, new music is being written…

This weekend the Columbus Symphony gives the local premiere of Mason Bates's Cello Concerto. The soloist is Joshua Roman, and Rossen Milanov conducts.…

The Metropolitan Opera presents Maria Stuarda live beamed into movie theaters world wide this Saturday, January 19 at 1 pm. Joyce DiDonato is a fantastic…

French composer Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) died young. Her sister Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) lived a long life and worked as a musical pedagogue up until…

The contralto is the lowest female singing voice. They are rare. Contraltos are generally the force of nature and the voice of mother. Kathleen Ferrier…

Much is made about the age of the music most orchestras play. Â Yes, new music is commissioned and performed, but the vast majority of what you hear is by…

Deanna Durbin has died in France at the age of 91. Who's Deanna Durbin? She was a top box office star for Paramount and MGM from the late 1930s to just…

Joshua Roman (website), who was named Principal Cello with the Seattle Symphony at age 22, has recently been named a TED Fellow for 2011. TED, (which…

As musical organizations the world over struggle to find funding to keep the doors open, one orchestra of mainly self-taught musicians are reaping the…

We've all heard the reports pronouncing classical music dead of natural causes. Â However, I'm here to tell you that it is alive and well, living on in…