When the Ukrainian-born Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman last performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Lafayette College’s Williams Center in 2011, it was in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2.

In February 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky claimed that he could compose only "weak and rotten little themelets." The next year he composed the brave and cheerful tunes of his Violin Concerto in D ...

Violinist Geneva Lewis brings her expressive artistry back to the Santa Rosa Symphony for Brahms’ Violin Concerto, and ...

Armenian-Siberian violinist Mikhail Simonyan strode onto Oakland’s Paramount Theatre stage last Friday evening, tucked his violin under his chin, and proceeded unabashedly to win over his capacity ...

Professor Chuong Vu has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across North and South America, Europe, and Asia, presenting a wide repertoire spanning from early classical to contemporary music.

Sian Edwards takes the helm of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Britten, Korngold and Dvořák, with mixed results.

Brahms lived and worked under the shadow of Beethoven throughout his career. Brahms was very conscious of this – indeed, it was one of the main reasons why he took so long to compose a symphony – and ...

The piano was Johannes Brahms’ instrument of choice, and it’s clear from his many compositions featuring the piano that he knew the instrument inside out. But when it came time to compose a violin ...

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra opened the Bradley Symphony Center in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic. So its leadership sees the upcoming 2023-'24 season as part of a continuing effort to welcome ...