Concert halls and symphony orchestras try to lure younger listeners by mutilating the music. There’s a better way.

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ...

Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 helped introduce Swedish orchestral music to the world. Written in 1903 by Hugo Alfvén, it showed ...

Others were openly scorned and ridiculed at their premieres, owing to a mixture of critics’ personal biases, the political ...

From a birthday party for jazz legends to virtuoso pianists, here are six classical music and jazz concerts we’re looking ...

This year’s 2026 Preview consists of all the entertainment — from movies to books to art shows — that Vulture writers and editors are excited to consume in the New Year. Below, our classical-music ...

Allan Clayton and members of the Dunedin Consort applaud composer Tom Coult in Blythburgh Church during the 2025 Aldeburgh Festival The festival sensibility needn't run to a huge number of concerts.

If you’re holding your breath awaiting the end of the compact-disc era, don’t exhale quite yet. Because, yes, there’s more. Believe it or not, the great conductors of the past (to say nothing of ...

Best of Beethoven: we explore Beethoven's top 21 must-hear masterpieces. Discover the great composers and works with BBC ...

My album of the year came as a real surprise to me, Arvo Pärt’s output hitherto not leaving much of an impression. But Credo (Alpha Classics), from the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Pärt's ...

The orchestra's upcoming concert features 1970s Hollywood composers including Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, and Nino Rota, ...

Lewis Capaldi has been in a "creative rut" this year - but is heading into the studio in January. The Scottish singer/songwriter released the four-track EP Survive in November, his first new music ...