Saturday’s concert also will bring into the spotlight principal cellist and soloist Traci Winters Tyson, who will play David ...

The Redwood Symphony is going big, performing Gustav Mahler's "Resurrection" symphony in a Feb. 16 concert that will includes over 170 guest singers. We spoke with Redwood Symphony founder and ...

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Gustav Klimt attended discussions of scientific developments, like the microscope, which he incorporated into his work ...

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During the pandemic, Sir Stephen Hough, the renowned British pianist and composer, received an email from a film director in ...

What is technical perfection if you don't have anything meaningful to say? It was something Pyotr Tchaikovsky mused about in 1888 when setting to work on what would become his famed Symphony No 5.

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has announced that Marc Albrecht will assume the role of chief conductor in September 2026.

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Got you Gustav and Walter and Franz? So runs the chorus of Tom Lehrer’s witty 1965 ballad about Alma Mahler, widow of three artistic luminaries (the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter ...

Albany Symphony has announced its 2025-2026 season, which features masterworks including Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite, Holst's The Planets, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven's Violin ...

For the weary insurance salesman, Mahler’s music was simply too loud. Though Kafka possessed acute hearing, he did not have an “ear for music.” ...