But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy,” George Gershwin wrote, with lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin and husband-and-wife duo, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. It’s also the time for a great selection of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Reporter’s Notebook The company says it has a fix for the unwieldy world of classical streaming. But it’s unclear how much traction a stand-alone app ...

Lovers of classical music who live in Greater Boston should feel lucky and grateful. The spectrum of classical music in these parts is extremely wide and varied. Here’s a list, by category — although ...

Kirk McElhearn has been writing about classical music on Apple platforms for nearly 20 years, which makes his Apple Music Classical review on TidBITS a must read for classical listeners. As McElhearn ...

It might just be because I am getting old, but suddenly it seems like classical music is newly cool. Tár, Todd Field’s caustic portrait of a celebrity conductor, was the most critically consequential ...

While I never played piano competitively like some of my peers, it’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. For thirty minutes a day, I would sit down at a piano and play — or attempt ...

Music has always been central to human culture, reflecting and shaping traditions, emotions, and societal changes. Therefore, analysing the quantitative properties of musical compositions can provide ...

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of ...

Readers discuss ways to rescue the industry. To the Editor: Re “Stop Mutilating Classical Music to Sell It to Kids,” by Evan Shinners (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 23): Mr. Shinners’s essay makes an ...