A Black musician has made it his mission to connect kids in underserved neighborhoods in Boston with classical music.
When I turn on my car radio in the last decades of my life, I tune it first to classical music. How and why did this come to be? I play no instruments and my ear and voice are not musically ...
The first might be the most famous tune ever written. Everyone knows this one as “Pomp and Circumstance.” However, it is only the first of six pomp and circumstance marches written by Edward Elgar.
Music history’s most iconic bass guitar riff is inspired by seven notes from the first movement of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony. Lead singer Jack White had classical training as a student, and while the ...
Ravel’s solo piano works, choral pieces by David Lang and Palestrina, and miniatures written for the pianist Adam Tendler are among the highlights.
The Victorian era saw a proliferation of classical music organisations, beginning with the Philharmonic Society, 1813, and the Royal Academy of Music, 1822, both keenly promoting Beethoven's music.
So, where exactly does classical's appeal lie for the next generation of music lovers? We asked Jess Gillam, the 20-year-old saxophonist and presenter of Radio 3’s This Classical Life ...
Playground Proms, the initiative that brings classical music directly to children via interactive workshops in their school ...
Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, the last disciple of the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar, will perform a multi-city classical music tour in India between April and May.