The music of Black Sabbath will be celebrated with a series of UK shows performed in a classical music style by a local orchestra, says Sharon Osbourne. At a music conference at MIDEM 2026 in Cannes, ...

Close your eyes for a moment and think about the most memorable movie scenes you've ever watched. Chances are, you're not ...

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 ...

Mr. Shinners is a pianist and harpsichordist and hosts the podcast “W.T.F. Bach.” Classical music has been in a crisis for decades. New generations don’t seem to care about it. The institutions that ...

Chicago might have already hit its first deep freeze, but the local classical music scene pulses with life this season. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the Chicago Symphony’s artist-in-residence, ...

American pianist and composer Chloe Flower is on a mission to get young people into classical music. She’s doing it by collaborating with rap, house and pop stars, and creating her own genre of music, ...

With a new year comes the urge to listen a little more closely, and Seattle’s classical offerings in the first months of 2026 provide ample opportunity. These seven events — spanning Bach in fresh ...

In a high-concept meta bait-and-switch, Pam Tanowitz choreographed Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony, then swapped out the score for a new para-Pastoral, by Caroline Shaw. Anyone (okay, almost nobody) can ...

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 ...

All Classical Radio has named its new CEO and president, and his name and voice might be familiar to public radio die-hards. Fred Child, who hosted the nationally syndicated classical music radio ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

Being fluent in both classical music and hip-hop gives composer and pianist Nicholas Britell twice the tools for helping film and television audiences savor dramatic moments. His flexible skill set ...