Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Beethoven’s name is widely interchanged with the phrase ‘greatest composer who ever lived’.And we’re okay with that. Beethoven, who composed in classical music’s ...

Joan Tower: A doyenne of American orchestral composers, Tower, 78, is known to many for her six "Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman," a pendant to Aaron Copland's ubiquitous musical prelude.However ...

Classical music must be alive and at least reasonably well if it generates vigorous dialogue. That's what happened in a rather big way recently when Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic of The ...

Max Richter is possibly the most famous classical composer of the 21st century, depending on whether you include film composers such as John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

Next on our list of the 50 greatest classical music composers of all time is Sergei Rachmaninov, who was a Russian pianist and melodist. His Second Piano Concerto is widely regarded as one of the ...

23 for ’23: Composers and performers to watch this year This new class of artists is changing the sound of classical music January 20, 2023 More than 2 years ago ...

Connecticut Summerfest offers free indoor concerts featuring contemporary classical musicians playing new works June 7-11 at the Hartt School in West Hartford.

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, she became the first Black woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Though she is ...

The first thing to know about "Black Keys: The Evolution of the Black Classical Arts" is that the concert is sold out. That happened more than a month ago, leaving only the slim hope of a wait ...

The composers’ goal, Abrams said, is to become part of the community they are serving and let the place inspire their compositions. A Louisville connection was hardly on the list of requirements for ...