Being a composer is a solitary gig, even in the best of times. And that feeling of isolation can be exacerbated for people of color working in classical music’s predominantly white spaces. But amid ...

Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.

As we continue to struggle through the winter months, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. This year, there are ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

When Harvard Music Professor Alejandro L. Madrid invited Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz to speak at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies two months ago, he hoped the talk would ...

Shawn Okpebholo’s music sings of Chicago. Its waterways (“Fractured Water,” recently orchestrated for the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra). Its architecture (“City Beautiful,” for the Lincoln Trio).

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

While diversity may be verboten in some current political circles, it’s a definite boon in the arts, and especially in music, which has always advanced through the creative combination of diverse ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. “I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer!” — Richard Strauss to the ...

AI finished Beethoven’s 10th Symphony. As machines learn to compose, what still defines human creativity in classical music today?

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