Love him or hate him, few people have done more to bring classical music to global audiences than André Rieu. The Dutch violinist/conductor regularly presents massive orchestral concerts that are full-fledged spectacles. He tours massive venues around the world playing

Classical music is dying. Thus goes the lament of many headlines addressing the classical music industry. The younger generation sees no appeal in the concert hall. Classical music is an art form dwelling in the past whose patrons are slowly

Grammy Award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi, born on 30 December 1962 in Tallinn, Estonia, makes orchestral music feel urgently alive. There is a distinctive clarity to his performances, yet they never sound academic or over-controlled. Järvi has a rare gift for

January has, historically speaking, been the month of a number of important beginnings in classical music history. This is the month we celebrate the birthdays of giants like Mozart and Schubert, as well as the premieres of The Flying Dutchman,

When you think of a musical instrument that can make your heart swoon, your toes tap, and even bring a tear to your eye, the cello is probably high on that list. It is often called the “king of instruments”

Born on 29 December 1985 in Ottawa, Canada, Wallis Giunta has become one of the most compelling and versatile mezzo-sopranos of her generation. Her voice, described by Opera News as “delectably rich and silver-toned,” moves effortlessly across centuries. From Baroque

The composer Louis Wayne Ballard (1931–2007) was awarded his master’s degree in music from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1962. He had private composition lessons with Milhaud, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Surinach, and Labunski and worked for the Institute of American Indian

Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit is widely regarded as one of the pinnacles of piano literature. It exemplifies the symbiosis between literary inspiration and musical innovation in the early twentieth century. Based on Aloysius Bertrand’s 1842 collection Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies