In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is ...

But this has been a year above all for the best of festival planning, the sort where you feel enriched by connecting threads.

HAPPY Holidays! In keeping with a personal habit, let me diverge from writing about weightier topics. One of my regrets with ...

A young violinist got the crowd leaping to its feet, and the Florida Orchestra celebrated three innovative composers on Friday with Mozart's "Jupiter'' symphony.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) continues its 50th anniversary celebrations with the release of a landmark new album, Beethoven & Brahms: Concertos for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Artistic ...

The New Jersey Symphony can multitask. They play many different styles at many different venues. One constant for the past 100 years for the group has been is playing — and premiering — American music ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A 300-year-old Stradivari violin valued at around $16 million will take centre stage on Friday at a concert in Brussels performed by Armenian Sergey Khachatryan with the ...

Veteran composer David Newman was tapped to re-record the entire score with a live orchestra. By Tim Greiving The reveal of the Land of Oz when Dorothy Gale opens the door of her storm-tossed ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra brought together music, nature and friendship in a program as warm and satisfying as a summer night under the trees at Blossom Music Center on Saturday.

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) performing music with the accompaniment of projected visuals is not something novel. Back in 2010, the orchestra under Shui Lan’s direction played Claude Debussy ...

In second grade, he named his new dog after the ancient mythical Irish warrior Cú Chulainn. In third grade, he locked onto the Tolkien canon. In ninth grade, he began a six-year project writing a ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom have made what may be the world's smallest violin, using advanced nanotechnology. The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum ...