I am sure that everybody knows at least a couple of symphonies by Antonín Dvořák. In all, he composed nine such pieces, with the “Symphony from the New World” probably the most famous. All of his symphonies are wonderfully warm

In the world of classical music, atonal music often receives a cool reception. Listeners who love listening to Schubert or Schumann often tap out when Schoenberg is on the program. It makes a certain amount of sense. The dissonances common

The voice is the ultimate instrument. It is the first — and, in many ways, the last. Humanity has sung for as long as it has existed. While there are countless emblematic works for solo voice, it is perhaps in

As the year 1926 dawned, classical music was on the brink of technological revolution. New tools for capturing, transmitting, and synchronising sound were changing everything about how people listened to and interacted with live music. Radios were entering living rooms

Vadim Chaimovich, born on 29 April 1978 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has jumped to YouTube stardom with millions of clicks. His digital stardom, amplified by his remarkable social media fame, is positioning him as an ambassador of classical music for modern

The intertwined lives of Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, and her daughter Solange Dudevant form one of the most complex family stories of the Romantic era. Today, we’re looking at the relationship between the three. We’ll trace the origins and evolution

Every pianist lives in dialogue with the past…some more than others. For Yunchan Lim, the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, that dialogue stretches back for generations. Across multiple interviews, Lim has often spoken about the pianists

The principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Blaise Déjardin (b. 1984), has an idea! He wrote a work for cello ensemble that calls on all the things both a cellist and the BSO might do. The work was commissioned