Classical Newsletter

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)

The Columbus Modern Dance Company brings LoCoMotion 2025, a bus tour of performances of dance works by seven contemporary choreographers, to five different Columbus venues where dance isn’t usually on the menu.

The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites.

The globetrotting concert mandolinist Avi Avital’s most recent recording, Song of the Birds, is an innovative mashup of classical music and traditional music from around the world.

From paintings celebrating a Land of Plenty, to cookbooks championing political causes, two exhibitions at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio offer tastes of America’s foodways.

Cheryl Dring, the public radio veteran who coordinated every aspect of Classical 101's sound and operations, died Tuesday morning after battling cancer.

The maestro led the orchestra from 1982 to 2002.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even during his lifetime.

On the new album Woodland Songs, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate and the Dover Quartet collaborate on music with deep American roots.