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I suppose the reason Claudio Monteverdi is my favorite composer is that I've always enjoyed the combination and the tension of words and music.I'm a…

He was pivotal in reviving the American musical genre of ragtime. He has composed music in a range of styles that all but erases the lines between art…

If you're a parent, you have, or one day will, experience watching your child leave home. Some several times. It is most often with mixed emotion we watch…

Leonard Bernstein was there at the beginning of Yo-Yo Ma's career. And in a special way, Yo-Yo Ma was there at the end of Bernstein's life.In 1962,…

Many musical performances are good; far fewer are great. What makes a performance good or great? Let's explore this question with two recent recordings of…

Composer and sound artist Matthew Burtner says he understands the sound of snow.“Growing up in Alaska, the sound of snow is what really got me into…

Promoting Replay!, Classical 101's annual, magnificent instrument donation drive, my colleagues and I ask you to look under the bed, in the attic or in…

Judging by their instruments – piano, bass and drums – you might think they’re a standard jazz trio. But there’s nothing standard about the contemporary…

I know you're all about classical. But I’m guessing that you might be at least a little bit funky, too.Good thing, then, there’s Black Violin — the…

It was a big idea – to commission an award-winning composer to write a splashy new percussion concerto that would be premiered right here in central…