American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, born in 1960, has favored a more populist modernism. “Musica celestis,” the second ...

Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with ...

Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner” and shining a global spotlight on his wife’s creative vision. As ...

Works by the two master musicians will be celebrated with BC Music Department concerts. Works by two master musicians will be celebrated at Boston College this month with Music Department concerts in ...

After listening to pianist Jon Batiste’s most recent record album, Blues, for the umpteenth time, I reveled in the fact that this is “easy listening” music that could provide the soundtrack for the ...

Painting miniatures is a good, chill time. Since I picked the hobby back up in 2017 I’ve spent hundreds of hours away from my screens, listening to good music and great podcasts. And ...

painting the ceiling. The story is supposed to illustrate the disdain with which black musicians were treated in their own country, but did it actually happen? Is there any truth to this legend?

Coltrane, a jazz virtuoso who devoted much of her life to a spiritual journey, is a beacon for today’s artists. An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why. By Siddhartha Mitter The first ...

February 6, 2025 • Kendrick Lamar is headlining the halftime show with special guest SZA. Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem.

The Grand Théâtre de Genève is certainly not risk-averse and Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó controversially translates the action to a penthouse bar in New York.