Photo by Sachyn Mital Renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain, banjo legend Béla Fleck, double bassist Edgar Meyer, and bansuri player Rakesh Chaurasia have formed a mesmerizing quartet whose music unfolds like a conversation. Today, the […]
Photo Credit: Apple Music Shazam’s latest update includes direct Apple Music Classical support on the iPhone, enabling the two apps to work seamlessly together for classical music. Song-detecting mainstay Shazam updated with support for Apple […]
Chaka Khan. Photo Credit: Timothy Fielding Global music star Chaka Khan chatted about her forthcoming induction into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and her illustrious career in the music industry. Former First […]
Photo Credit: The Pancake of Heaven! / CC by 4.0 About four months after unveiling its text-to-music generator, MusicLM, Google has officially opened up access to the AI-powered tool. Google announced the expanded availability of […]
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. John Malkovich is in a league of his […]
Grace Bumbry, in a 1963 portrait. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images Grace Bumbry, in a 1963 portrait. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images Opera star Grace Bumbry has died at the age of […]
T-shirts and sweatshirts inspired by last week’s much-discussed L.A. Philharmonic concert are now available for purchase online. Comedic Instagram account Overheard LA on Thursday launched new merchandise winking at Friday’s performance, which made headlines after […]
I’ll have what she’s having! Err, what she’s listening to… and the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 seems to have done the trick. Concert-goers are reporting that someone in the audience […]
For years, it seemed like the piano was disappearing from British public life. The bulky instruments were cast out of homes and schools and offered for free online. But now – despite all the digital […]
When a Northumberland couple opened up their village home to a Ukrainian mother and her two daughters last year, they were responding to the plight of refugees escaping the Russian invasion. Having been told no […]
Apple has launched a standalone streaming service for classical music exploration, including guided playlists, exclusive content and detailed metadata. But does Apple Music Classical deliver? Share This Article
For the first time in its history the BBC Proms season will be opened and closed by female conductors, as the festival moves towards gender equality. The opening and closing nights will be led by […]
Dapper and sagacious, Ahmad Jamal may have looked more like a UN delegate than a jazz musician, but he was recognised as a truly great jazz artist by some of the music’s most notable pioneers. […]
Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according […]
Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images Ahmad Jamal, pictured in 2016. Rémy Gabalda/AFP via Getty Images For most jazz performers, a song […]
Photo Credit: Tommy Diner Amid classical’s much-publicized streaming expansion, digital sheet music startup Enote has announced the “first closing” of a nearly $11 million pre-Series A round. Berlin-headquartered Enote, which arrived on the scene in […]
I began playing harp at 11 and the traditional path to follow with the instrument was the classical music one, where all the players I saw or studied were white. I found it quite an […]
Photo Credit: Marius Masalar Wise Music Group acquires a controlling interest in classical publisher Edition Peters Group, one of the world’s oldest and most prominent music publishing organizations. Wise Music Group has announced the acquisition of […]
Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj. Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 hide caption toggle caption Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 Thomas Bangalter, half […]
On 31 May 1926, a ship carrying the entire Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra docked in Reykjavík. The musicians stayed in Iceland for 17 days, giving 14 concerts of music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert at venues […]