Focusing on the balance between accuracy and expression, this portrait painting session draws inspiration from John Singer Sargent’s methods. The discussion touches on anatomy, light direction, and ...

My album of the year came as a real surprise to me, Arvo Pärt’s output hitherto not leaving much of an impression. But Credo (Alpha Classics), from the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Pärt's ...

Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious ...

Donnacha Dennehy, ‘Land of Winter’; Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, conductor (Nonesuch) How do you compose light? That was the task that the Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy took on in writing “Land ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few ...

Nobody will tell you that the band Folk Uke sucks as often as its two members. The jabs aren’t meant to cultivate sympathy—not completely. Their intention is more strategic and addresses a fundamental ...

It’s back to the future at Village Green Elementary School in Olympia Heights. It’s the first public school in South Florida to adopt the classical education curriculum, which is a favorite of the ...

Classical music needs fresh formats to stand out. Creative performers and organizers are charting new territory, drawing inspiration from transcultural musicians across the globe. When Juri de Marco ...

Gustavo Dudamel launches the fall season with a world premiere by the Hawaiian composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Charles Ives’s panorama of Americana, the Symphony No. 2. Yunchan Lim joins in for ...

Classical music radio stations in Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas are expanding their presences in their communities by pushing the boundaries of classical music. “You can’t convince everyone to ...