“Necroclassical”. Now, there’s a musical genre that I can safely say I’ve never heard before. In fact, it’s probably safe to say that it’s a new genre for many of you as well as it’s a term coined by ...

Brazosport Symphony Orchestra’s last performance of the 2025-26 season is an enthralling mix of classical and modern music.

For a Russian composer, 1917 cannot have been an easy year to concentrate on work. There were strikes and anti-war marches that led, bit by bit, to the overthrow of the Czar. Food shortages in the big ...

To better understand the pleasures of the symphony, Melanie Lowe, an assistant professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University, tries on some historical ears. In Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Darryn King writes about arts and culture of all kinds. In a previous post, I raved about the New World Center in South Beach, ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - If you appreciate the timeless beauty of classical music, you don’t want to miss the Brazos Valley Symphony’s Classical Symphony concert this weekend. Featuring the ...

When performers didn't acknowledge the applause, I kept thinking the clappers might get the hint. But they never did in the Beethoven, and interstitial applause finally petered out only halfway ...

At first glance, you might think Beethoven’s Wig 4 – Dance Along Symphonies CD ($11.99) is for parents who thought their babies would be geniuses if they were exposed to Mozart in utero. It’s actually ...

Orchestras are seeing a remarkable surge in younger audiences, and the strategies bringing Gen Z to the genre are reshaping ...

Times have been changing at the San Francisco Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas, the orchestra’s music director of 25 years, stepped away from his role in 2020. In came innovative Finnish conductor and ...