Baroque and romantic operas, contemporary works, and film music are part of this year's edition of the Athenaeum Summer ...

Live music highlights in New Orleans for the first full week of June include an Italian opera/pop star and a genre-blending ...

The composer is an undeniable part of the classical music canon. Does that change the meaning of his radical early work?

Chamber music gains momentum through a blend of eclectic programs and timeless offerings from The Belvedere Series.

Everyday, contemporary composers are making their mark on the sonic palette of classical music. Throughout history, there have been incredible examples of music, artforms, and creative cultures forged ...

I must add: I have recently had the pleasure of encountering another kind of modern classical music. A few weeks ago, I mentioned that William Bolcom wrote modern ragtime pieces. The young ...

giving way to a bewildered apathy that has seen modern classical music increasingly sidelined. Composers have retreated from public life into their studies and studios, producing music that ...

Via Spotify, listen to the music from this story on our contemporary classical playlist. Read more about classical music on Anne Midgette’s blog, The Classical Beat. “I’m writing to ask for ...

Modern classical music is so widely disliked by audiences because the human brain struggles to find patterns it needs to understand the compositions as music. For decades critics of modern ...