Classical Music

Stop Calling Famous Composers by Their Last Names

Chris White

Oct 24, 2020 6:00 AM

Wagner Was Too Big to Cancel

Franz Nicolay

Oct 17, 2020 6:00 AM

Mezzosoprano Jamie Barton on the Nuts and Bolts of Being an Opera Singer

Working April 26, 2020 6:00 AM

Wynton Marsalis’ Classical Side

Studio 360 With Kurt Andersen Jan 23, 2020 5:00 PM

Wynton Marsalis Makes Classical Music Swing

Studio 360 With Kurt Andersen Nov 26, 2019 6:01 AM

Symphony Orchestras Have a Pay Discrimination Problem. The Solution Is Radical Salary Disclosure.

Nancy Leong and Tenly Williams

Dec 19, 2018 2:12 PM

To the Woman Who Shushed Me at the Yo-Yo Ma Concert

Kaya Oakes

Oct 25, 2018 9:00 AM

What We Can All Learn From the #MeToo Moment at the Opera

Ellen McSweeney

Dec 12, 2017 10:00 AM

You Wrote for the Harvard Lampoon? The Creator of BoJack Horseman Doesn’t Care.

Sept 21, 2017 4:09 PM

What Pianists See When They Play (Hint: Not Their Hands)

Madeline Raynor

April 12, 2017 9:03 AM

57 Classical Music Compositions in One Clever, Charming Video

Madeline Raynor

May 30, 2016 9:08 AM

If You’re a Classical Music Nerd, Here’s an April Fools’ Joke You’ll Actually Appreciate

J. Bryan Lowder

April 01, 2016 5:06 PM

What the Music of The Exorcist Taught Me About Composing for Film

David Lang

Dec 09, 2015 10:18 AM

The Director of the Keith Richards Documentary on Finding New Ways to Interpret an Icon

Aisha Harris

Sept 18, 2015 10:59 AM

Virtual Reality Could Help Bring New Fans to Classical Music

Lily Hay Newman

Sept 08, 2015 2:17 PM

“Japan’s Beethoven” Admits He Can Hear, But Swears He Really Used to Be Deaf

Elliot Hannon

Feb 12, 2014 7:08 PM

Is Classical Music Dead?

Mark Vanhoenacker

Jan 21, 2014 11:52 PM

Want to Get Rid of Teenage Loiterers? Blast Some Beethoven.

Justin Peters

Oct 29, 2013 10:00 AM

Can We Love Britten’s Music While We Know About His Infatuation With Underage Boys?

Seth Colter Walls

Aug 09, 2013 9:00 AM

Why Are Great Composers—Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Mahler—Obsessed With Taking Long Walks?

Mason Currey

April 25, 2013 9:41 AM

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