From string quartets to sax quartets, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of ...

Frank swings into the West End with a swaggering turn from Joel Harper-Jackson and plenty of style yet the script is flat The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

The French National Library recovered a previously unknown manuscript by the world-famous Austrian composer, bringing to light seven new pieces for flute and harp. After 31 years as a conservator for ...

Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor has once again topped the ABC Classic 100, being chosen as Australia's greatest piece of classical music of all time. Every year since 2001, ABC Classic ...

Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien get their ...

A version of this story first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. That friction provided the ...

The play, which has enjoyed successful runs in Tehran and various other cities across Iran, offers a theatrical portrait of the life and legacy of the world-renowned German composer, Ludwig van ...

NEEDHAM — Of history’s great geniuses, the image of Ludwig van Beethoven is among the most unforgettable — and most consonant with both his temperament and his life’s work. In the famous 1820 portrait ...

The New Jersey Symphony presented two mature works by classical music’s masters this weekend: Mozart and Beethoven. But before getting to these staples, they opened their latest series with two pieces ...

I’m sharing some of my mail: Staten Island’s Marie: “When I was scared my swimming teacher allowed me to dive off the pool’s shallow end. And because of that only is exactly how I got my diploma.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, but better. “Mozart and the Romantics” is the title of the next concert pair for the San Juan Symphony the weekend of Feb. 21 and 22. It sounds like a stretch, but ...