For the first program of his three-week fall residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä is pairing one of ...

Klaus Mäkelä is the un-maestro. No imperious attitude or ego-driven power trips (backstage or on stage) at Orchestra Hall ...

Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth and Quinn Kelsey in the title role of Verdi’s “Macbeth” at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera’s “The Voice Matters” slogan ...

Yuja Wang performed concertos by Chopin and Prokofiev, conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard Wednesday night in Chicago. Photo: Todd Rosenberg It’s been four long years for her ...

“There is something magical about being in conversation with a living composer,” says Claudia Schreier. Schreier is one of five choreographers who have created new works for “American Dance Odyssey,” ...

Vilma Jää as Markéta and Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Conductor Susanna Mälkki, one of Saariaho’s most ...

It’s been a good month for Aaron Copland in Chicago. Coming off an extended period of local neglect, the composer’s Appalachian Spring and Lincoln Portrait have been played by the Chicago Symphony ...

Michael Tilson Thomas passed away Wednesday at his home in San Francisco, age 81. Michael Tilson Thomas died Wednesday at his home in the San Francisco Bay area. Artistic director laureate of the New ...

“Rodeo”: Piano music of Aaron Copland. Emiko Edwards. (Lexicon Classics). In 2024 Emiko Edwards performed a rich and varied program of American piano music at Ganz Hall for the American Music Project, ...

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and its maestro-since-forever Zubin Mehta painted Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony in bold primary colors Wednesday night in Boston’s Symphony Hall. In the ...

Prokofiev’s Quintet was performed Sunday at the Marlboro Music Festival. Photo: Matt Genders. For seven weeks each summer, the Marlboro Music Festival hosts a cohort of rising and established chamber ...

Garrop: Invictus. Joie de vivre. Marta Aznavoorian, pianist. Scott Speck, conductor/Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra (Cedille). Two recent recordings present compelling music for piano cast in starkly ...