After a musician fell ill during a live performance of the score from 'La La Land,' the composer Justin Hurwitz asked for a sight reader. A 21-year-old student stepped up.
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Opera makers have always engaged with the latest inventions while also preserving historic crafts. I believe it's possible to look both forwards and backwards in this fast-evolving landscape ...
The latest adaptation of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" joins a rich lineage of fantastical and extravagant musical biopics.
This month brings an improv all-nighter, James Taylor, "Fraggle Rock" and Puerto Rican pride.
Soprano Claire Booth and baritone Marcus Farnsworth celebrate the influential British composer's kaleidoscopic soundworld with this collection of four song cycles ...
The May Festival in Cincinnati was led this time by the soprano Julia Bullock, who wove her experiences as a Black artist through two weeks of concerts.
Also, happy 125th to the Wigmore Hall, and, the vivid soundworld of 16th-century Spain ...
The British-born conductor will replace Gustavo Dudamel as the orchestra's chief conductor ...
The Philharmonic, taking a more traditional route than in the past, has named the British-born conductor Daniel Harding as its next music director.
Daniel Harding combines classical music with being a part-time commercial airline pilot.