Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights. By The New York Times ...

When you’re young, you want the hits. Those songs that enliven you, connect you to pop culture and showcase some of the major players on the music scene who are shaping the future. But after you live ...

The pianist and scholar Charles Rosen once said, "The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition." His humorous bon mot simultaneously pokes at the perennial hand-wringers who ...