The pianist’s new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, gives a listener a lesson in seven centuries of composition, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen and beyond. Jeremy Denk. (Photo by Michael Wilson) By signing up, ...

It’s still too soon to say if new music will arise from the COVID-19 crisis. But humans have used music throughout history to define their generations and chronicle the monumental happenings of their ...

All month long we're taking an in-depth look at the female musicians who help create the rich history (and future) of classical music. Tune in throughout March for special Women's History Month ...

So it was singularly bad luck that Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History hit the TV screens the day after a very different film, John Bridcut's profile of Bernard Haitink which virtually ...

Jazz artist and composer Terence Blanchard never thought his work would be performed on the Metropolitan Opera Stage. Adapted from Charles M. Blow’s memoir of the same name, Blanchard’s opera “Fire ...

Black History Month on CPR Classical recognizes the legacy of African American composers and the contributions of today’s Black artists and creatives. Check out these events taking place in February ...

Classical music has plenty of infamous fictional couples: Dido and Aeneas, Mimì and Rodolfo, and of course, Romeo and Juliet. "The thing about fictional love stories in music is that, especially in ...

The Upper East Side school is part of a movement to advance a “classical” education model that has risen in popularity in recent years, particularly among political conservatives. When the Tikvah Fund ...

There are many ways to make history as a composer, but the eminent Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas’s way is easily the ...

McCartney’s first major classical work was this oratorio with a story loosely based on his own life. Unfortunately its scathing reviews did not prevent him from writing three more orchestral albums.