George Enescu was a Romanian child prodigy and at age 7 was the youngest student ever to be enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating at age 12. Soon after, he continued his studies in violin ...

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

In some ways, a crypt underneath an active cathedral is the perfect place for a concert of liturgical music. As always, though, Death of Classical brought a unique flair to the evening, on top of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Caterina Barbieri, 35, plays gigs on banks of synthesizers. That makes her a surprising choice to lead the cerebral Venice Music Biennale. By Chiara ...