Barbara Poplawska, a 29-year-old conductor from the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), recently visited Bengaluru, bringing her passion for Western classical music to the city that has embraced ...

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 ...

OUSSAMA ZAHR There may have been no harder hitting one-two punch in music this year than Julius Eastman’s “Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc,” a harrowing solo vocal work ...

Zakir Hussain was not only synonymous with the tabla but also with world music and Hindustani classical music. He was a socio-cultural icon, whose untimely death on December 15 marked the end of an ...

This indispensable instrument of Indian classical music owes its significance to the fixation of ‘sa’ (the tonic note), establishing the adhara shruti as essential for defining ragas.

The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 Friday, December 13, 2024 All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended. If you are ...

The Internet Archive has been working to make early sound recording accessible online through their "Great 78" project. Now, they are facing a lawsuit from major record labels. NBC News' Ellison ...

Credit: Justin Pot You can browse this archive anytime and even search for tweets. It's nice to have around. After the backup is complete, you can start deleting. Credit: Justin Pot The free ...

Seattle Symphony's "Messiah" this year is a winning combination of vocal excellence and imaginative interpretation, led by dynamic conductor Aram Demirjian. The Seattle Symphony has a storied past ...

The music of the 1970s has endured in popular culture to this day. While the decade is known for its disco, funk and soul, prog and punk rock, in Oxfordshire classical orchestras and children’s ...