Pulitzer Prize winning rapper Kendrick Lamar and classical music composer Igor Stravinsky have much more in common than a shared birthday. Both musicians were born on June 17 (albeit 105 years apart), ...
There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...
A galvanizing force in classical music as a conductor, composer, pianist and evangelist, he spent 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
Hartford Courant: Women composers are celebrated at annual CT classical music event
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 ...
The Indianapolis Star: A sold-out show that traces Black composers is helping to fill gaps in classical music
A sold-out show that traces Black composers is helping to fill gaps in classical music
But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...
2026 looked to be a renaissance year for the composer Florence Price, a Black woman who made music in Chicago that is now being championed by the classical music world more than 70 years after her ...
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 ...