Classical Music

Close your eyes for just a moment. Imagine that you are comfortably seated in an elegant, yet commodious room, filled with people who have...

Oliver Sacks' non-fiction book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, consists of a series of neurological case studies. Each study examines...

It may be a little known, but hardly surprising, fact that the works of William Shakespeare have inspired more music than any other work...

Danger and darkness lurk around every corner of Opera Philadelphia’s stunning new production of Turandot, a co-production with Minnesota Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh Opera,...

The National Philharmonic kicked off its 2016-2017 Fall/Winter season with three of Beethoven’s most celebrated works, featuring a special appearance by pianist Brian Ganz performing...

It was a stifling hot, totally sticky humid July evening in the DC area. Cooling breezes under the glowing wooden open structure that is...

The lobby is packed. The line for ticket pick-up is a few dozen deep. The lobby is filled with plush lounge furniture and lit...

Conundrums seem to be Gilbert and Sullivan’s specialty. Their most famous works, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, explore the comic antics that...

The Czech Republic is a small country with a big impact on music. It’s a good thing they don’t just churn out mere virtuosos,...

Serendipity counts in music as in anything else. A year and a half ago I recommended two outstanding debut albums by artists with local...

You can feel the excitement in a room when witnessing the performance of an icon. With over 100 years of combined experience bringing classical...

Czech out the National Chamber Ensemble The wonderful National Chamber Ensemble closed its ninth season tonight with a Mother’s Day concert spotlighting the music of...

In a concert that rang the rafters and tugged at the heartstrings, the Russian Chamber Art Society bade a thrilling farewell to its longtime...

The Columbia Festival of the Arts under Executive Director Todd Olson, presented a Mark Edwards, Classical Spanish Guitar at the historical Oliver’s Carriage House on...

Bruce Levingston, Pianist – True Southern Gentleman and Cosmopolitan Musician On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, a captive audience was treated to a performance by acclaimed...

The Music Room at the Phillips Collection is such a distinctive and up-close venue to hear performers that you can forget how momentous the...

All eyes were on Joshua Bell during the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performance, although only one of the three pieces played...

The Catholic University of America’s (CUA) Benjamin T. Rome School of Music presented a master class by Renée Fleming on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Dr....

Who needs to skip around musical history in a concert? A hundred years ago the musical world was in ferment, with shocking new developments...

The Baldwin Wallace University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (BWUSWE), conducted by Dr. Brendan Caldwell, and the Bishop Ireton Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Randall...