Acclaimed classical pianist Igor Levit will attempt to play Erik Satie's "Vexations" 840 times in a row in what will be a ...

Science fiction has delivered some of the scariest and strangest soundtracks in cinema history. Our classical music critic ...

The pieces so powerful that you’ll be out of your seat, air-conducting to the full force of an imaginary orchestra, or staring into the distance, marvelling at the sheer beauty of it all ... greatest ...

Two Philly musicians are preparing to shine at the Grammy Awards, where their collaborative album amplifies a historical ...

For some marginalized groups, the simple act of creating music at all can be a form of speaking out against an unjust world. Our list of the 100 Best Protest Songs spans nearly a century and ...

By Joshua BaroneCorinna da Fonseca-WollheimZachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics ... Coursing through it all is a four-note theme, of three ...

I found myself crying all the time, but writing pieces… got (it) out of my system, (and) sort of helped.” Turnage picked up a classical music gong in 2021 at the Ivor Novello Awards and became ...

But despite these odds and obstacles, classical music — an art form best known for constantly dying ... could pass for a punch line. With all of this said, I respect any and all trepidation ...

Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved ...

Here are five of the classical music, visual art and theater offerings ... Not to put too fine a point on it: Turnover in all three top Hammer jobs is epic. A year or two will be needed to gauge ...