People often say that classical music is a centuries-old tradition. But scratch under the surface, and you'll quickly discover that classical music has been around since before Bach and Mozart were ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music. The conductor Raphaël Pichon.

Casual classical music listeners might think of it as a genre designed around string quartets and pianos. But the hardcore devotees among us know that the piano didn’t even exist when many of the best ...

The Classical period—spanning roughly from 1750 to 1820—marks a pivotal crossroads in Western art music, bridging the ornate complexity of the Baroque with the emotive depth that would later ...

From a choral pilgrimage, to Europe’s oldest music festival, our expert selects the hottest tickets Ivan Hewett is The ...