Cellist Julian Schwarz made his performance debut at the age of nine, playing composer Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei at the ...

Sometimes it takes a first-rate artist to breathe life into a second-rate piece of music. It all begins cozied up to a crackling fire in the month of January, where Lim finds much tenderness in ...

Tchaikovsky never wrote a cello concerto, but the “Variations on a Rococo theme” is a close second. The main theme is a Tchaikovsky original, but it's deeply steeped in his love for Mozart and the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler. She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality. Add to those a suspenseful entrance (a few ...

The first violin section of the San Francisco Symphony in a past performance at Davies Symphony Hall. Photo: Brandon Patoc/San Francisco Symphony It’s clear by now that conductor Elim Chan can bring ...

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Cosmic horror, along with sci-fi in general, is a difficult genre to get right. It thrives on the unknown, the creeping sensation that something is just out of sight, not entirely clear, itching at ...

When Madame du Barry, King Louis XV’s last mistress, pleaded for “just a little moment more” before her execution in 1793, in the throes of the French Revolution, she seemed to capture the fleeting ...

This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Performed by Johannes Moser and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Great Classics Series concert, ...

Igor Stravinsky, equally famous for composing some of the most extraordinary Russian ballets, offered considerable compliments towards Tchaikovsky’s ballets, especially Sleeping Beauty. Stravinsky ...

Was Tchaikovsky a tempest or a drudge? The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and the “1812 Overture” is generally thought to have lived a life of melodrama. An alcoholic and ...