Ahead of performances with Insula orchestra in February, the South Korean pianist talks about taking inspiration from Beethoven’s harmony, early pianos, and making musical choices that are maximally ...

This Sunday, Dr. Michael Coonrod, pianist and retired Interlochen piano instructor, presents a solo piano recital featuring ...

Ring in the new year with InConcert Sierra and the vitality and spirit of an all-Beethoven concert featuring the renowned ...

When the San Diego Symphony welcomes über-pianist Marc-André Hamelin’s on Jan. 17 and 18, it’ll be with full knowledge of his ...

The free, Millennium Park-based festival’s programming skews toward contemporary and American music, a commitment redoubled ...

Beethoven’s iconic piano concertos are the subject of the Santa Barbara Symphony’s two-day “Beethoven Piano Concerto Marathon ...

Spotlight: Cascade Symphony Orchestra opens 2026 with ‘Beethoven’s Fifth’ Monday, Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m.
 Edmonds Center for the ...

Minnesota Orchestra’s “Turandot,” Dmitry Sinkovsky with the SPCO and Joshua Bell at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival were ...

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, right, and pianist Yunchan Lim during a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 18, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg) The second half of the concert opened with “Con brio, ...

Susan Alexander is a freelance writer and editor, voracious reader, avid gardener, frequent traveler and pretty fair cook. She and her husband dote on their three grown kids and their perfect ...

Nearly 70 years after making his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and conductor John Williams has a new musical composition to his name. At age 93, the five-time Oscar winner—best-known for ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at ...