A composer, a conductor and a pianist share the most difficult pieces they brought to life. By Roslyn Sulcas “When you get a ...

Four Strings of Hope By James Grimes, Translated by Lee Min-cheol, Communion, 356 pages, 23,000 Korean won It may seem ...

That’s the spirit behind the Electronic Music Ensemble at Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSULB, directed by Martin Herman, ...

Owner Harvey Kertzman longed for the soulful music of a viola and had mounted a search for a player to serenade his customers. On a recent day, he got four.

It’s not really a symphony, just a bunch of symphonic bits smashed together. The problem is, when these bits are played well ...

While Allen can play stunning solos, his colorful chords hold equal weight, a fact proven across these 28 illuminating ...

Throughout history, the emotional hunger of separation has been depicted in literature, theater, and music. From Latin, an intense longing or grief for something lost or missing is called “desiderium.

The Calidore String Quartet, in residence at the University of Delaware, features instruments with unique histories. Calidore's next show is at University of Delaware on April 6. The group's oldest ...

If you have a trained ear—or just a strong sense of music and tone—it’s easy to hear the difference between a cheap instrument and a well-made model built to resonate across the world's greatest ...

Frankenstein composer Alexandre Desplat knows one of his scores is working when it makes Guillermo del Toro cry. “He’s very sensitive to music. Guillermo loves music,” says Desplat, who won his second ...