What do we possess today as “art”? A faked music, filled with artificial noisiness of massed instruments; a failed painting, full of idiotic, exotic and showcard effects, that every ten years or so ...

Gateways Radio celebrates music without limits. We explore the rich legacy of Black composers across the 20th century, with works by William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery, Errollyn Wallen, and ...

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New Yorker music critic Alex Ross' recently published book, "The Rest Is Noise," aims to illuminate one of the most misunderstood forms of modern art: classical music, or, more precisely, 20th century ...

"The state of exile is the state in which the artist is most open to inspiration of all kinds," conductor James Conlon told a sparse but rapt Davies Symphony Hall audience Wednesday night. Conlon was ...

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, the renowned Spanish conductor noted for his mastery of a range of 20th century classical music including the complete works of composer Manuel de Falla, has died at 80. The ...

For those who hear the words “20th-century classical music” and cringe expecting something difficult to grasp and hard on the ears, the Aspen Music Festival’s major orchestral programs this past ...

Rightly or wrongly, classical music is viewed by many people as something that is not for them. It could be the perceived ‘rules’ of the concert hall or the expectation that you need specialist ...

Barrie Gavin: instead of attempting to illustrate music literally, he found visual equivalents with a beauty of their own - Dmitri N. Smirnov Barrie Gavin, who has died aged 89, was a prolific ...

Since the appearance of jazz in the early 20th century, jazz and classical have mostly lived on opposite sides of town, separated by tracks that most listeners won’t cross. This has long remained the ...

The pianist who spent 25 years writing pop hits says he's long been interested in the work of Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg and others. Now he's... Bruce Hornsby's Modern Classical Moment Bruce ...