Classical music isn’t going away as some people predict. It’s just getting smaller, friendlier, noisier and a lot cheaper. The evidence is growing that audiences still love their Beethoven and Mozart, ...

In the 1850s, most people didn’t expect women to write serious music. Emilie Mayer didn’t let that stop her. Her String Quartet in G Minor is full of feeling—dramatic, graceful, and unforgettable.

In the hugely popular pre-school animation, composer Joff Bush references and rearranges classical tunes in all the right places – and never plays it for cheap laughs. Plus, the Wigmore Hall sees the ...

People are used to rock stars destroying musical instruments, but they don’t expect it from classical pianists. So it’s not surprising that Sequim-based composer/pianist/violinist Jennifer Thomas’ ...

Never has Shostakovich’s song-symphony come more to life as a connected series of contrasted operatic scenes, as if he were still, at the end of his life in the 1970s, channelling the music-theatre ...

Breakdancing performed to dramatic classical music, blending power moves, footwork, and slow-motion creativity with orchestral sound. This video highlights the contrast between modern dance and ...