Imaginative recital programming seems to come naturally to pianist-composer Conrad Tao. He consistently merges contemporary classical music into his repertoire, often his own compositions, and his ...

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will shut down permanently after the 2026-2027 season after 48 years of bringing classical music to area concertgoers. Managing director Sean Lewis announced Tuesday ...

The Ides of March may have been unlucky for Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. But it was a very good day this year for contemporary music in Boston: prior to the New England Philharmonic’s concert at Tsai ...

Sometimes titles are deceiving. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, for instance, only lasts around an hour. But such is the music’s scope and aura that its fifteen movements can resonate in the ...

In a surprise announcement on Friday, the Boston Symphony Orchestra stated that Andris Nelsons will conclude his 12-year tenure as music director at the end of the 2027 Tanglewood season. The ...

The first two movements were outstandingly rich-toned and lean, modeling big dynamic contrasts and a noble sense of musical drama. In the first movement, the mysterious pianissimo “reveals” in its ...

Vivo Performing Arts has a new leader. Thor Steingraber will be the next president and CEO of the leading Boston fine arts presenter (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston).

Imaginative recital programming seems to come naturally to pianist-composer Conrad Tao. He consistently merges contemporary classical music into his repertoire, and often his own compositions. His ...

“I hate quotation,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote. “Tell me what you know.” Well, there’s no question that Carlos Simon knows the charismatic black church. The son of a preacher, the Boston Symphony ...

“[Bleeping] family,” Jeff Goldblum’s Zeus mutters in an early episode of Netflix’s Kaos. He could easily have been referring to the dysfunctional brood at the heart of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s ...