CHICAGO (WGN) — When composer and conductor Steve Hackman stepped on stage at Chicago’s Harris theatre, he might as well have been walking into a dream. “I had this wild dream about a music festival ...

A fire destroyed a southern Arizona workshop containing about 80 antique pianos, including one reportedly played by Beethoven. The piano restorer, Jens Witter, had collected the instruments over ...

The performance will take place at the Wyeside Arts Centre in Builth Wells on Sunday, September 14 at 3pm. Pianist Sirwan Hariri presents a captivating journey from the refined elegance of late ...

LONDON — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94. Brendel’s death was announced by the ...

Did you know that this Classic 100 had the most entries composed by women ever: 11 works by seven different composers! ABC Classic's Ria Andriani took at look into this wonderful stat and the ...

Kathy Schuman: I think the programming at Caramoor is so special, particularly because of the varied nature of it and the breadth of what we do. There are not many other festivals that are doing so ...

Classical concert lore is full of great pinch-hitting stories. For example, stardom found a young Leonard Bernstein when he stepped in for conductor Bruno Walter on short notice, and teenage pianist ...

Composer Steve Hackman incorporated 15 Beyoncé hits into Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. His goal is to introduce new audiences to classical music and offer a fresh perspective for seasoned symphonygoers.

A teenager from Chapeltown, Leeds stunned passersby with his performance of a classical medley in Sheffield train station in the latest series of The Piano. “When I play the piano, I get a lot more ...

Japanese-English classical pianist Mitsuko Uchida, conductor Andris Nelsons, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offered the audience an evening of striking contrasts on April 19, weaving together ...