The pianist’s new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, gives a listener a lesson in seven centuries of composition, from Monteverdi to Stockhausen and beyond. Jeremy Denk. (Photo by Michael Wilson) By signing up, ...

Like U.S. history, classical music has become a new front in the culture wars as musicians and music institutions grapple with the legacies of racism. With most performing arts organizations shuttered ...

All month long we're taking an in-depth look at the female musicians who help create the rich history (and future) of classical music. Tune in throughout March for special Women's History Month ...

From Nazi collaboration to closed ranks and uneasy reforms, the Vienna Philharmonic has long resisted scrutiny ...

Countertenor Reggie Mobley wasn’t a psychology major for long before switching to music. However, one thing that stayed with him from those early courses is the concept of gestalt, he says: the idea ...

Few art forms on earth are more indebted to class privilege than Western classical music. For most of its history, it has relied on monarchs, aristocrats, and wealthy patrons even to exist. We have ...

Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious ...