When Nicole Buetti first picked up the bassoon, it was supposed to be a not-so-secret weapon in woodwind-on-woodwind combat.

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...

As he prepares to re-join the SCO for a series of all-Mozart concerts, the orchestra’s former bassoonist talks to David ...

Thomas Philbrick on a performance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

The reopening of the National Palace on Rustaveli Avenue on October 23 marked a rare alignment of heritage, youth, and ...

Anna Sabine MP, newly appointed Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and vice-chair of the All-Party ...

The Aiken Symphony will showcase the great talents of eight of its musicians from the strings, winds and brass sections in an ...

In September, 1943, a thirteen-year-old German boy named Christoph von Dohnányi wrote an innocuous-seeming letter to his ...

From instruments played with water to early electronic devices promoted by the Nazis, we take a look at the surprising history of instruments named after their creators.

Leading off November for arts performances in the Historic Triangle is Opera in Williamsburg’s presentation of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” in the Kimball Theatre on Nov. 4, 7 and 9.

Composer Matthew Aucoin's 70-minute vocal symphony will receive its West Coast premiere at the University of Washington’s ...

Baltimore Symphony oboist Katherine Needleman's online shaming campaign has sidelined several musicians. But her tactics have ...