Composer and conductor Steve Hackman from Chicago hopes to break down barriers between the classical and pop music worlds. It hasn’t been easy.

C.S. Lewis defined “Joy” as “an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.” As the ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers who ever lived, was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany, to a musical family. His grandfather and father were both singers in the state choir.

The fifth consecutive season of the Coronado Philharmonia Orchestra begins September 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Coronado Performing Arts Center under the direction of founder Osvaldo Mendoza. At 6:30, a ...

The Missouri Symphony will celebrate its 55th season with Beethoven, opera and by getting a little "Wicked." After completing its annual Firefly Music Festival this summer, the Columbia-based ...

Drivers in one stretch of highway in the United Arab Emirates are in for a musical treat when they cruise over cleverly-installed rumble strips — a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

An experiment in Brazil compared the effects of exposing breast cancer cells in culture to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D, and Ligeti's "Atmosphères." The experiment ...

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.

Although Arturo Toscanini and George Szell project parts of Beethoven’s Fifth similarly – both see the first movement as brisk but not precipitous, for example – the differences between their readings ...