Prokofiev’s Quintet, Op. 39, captivated with another unusual combination of instruments. The composer created this music for ...

Tenor John Matthew Myers brought heroic force to Menelaus as well. The character spends most of the opera in a sort of fever ...

Martinů (1890–1959) remains one of the most prolific of 20th-century composers, creating a remarkably consistent oeuvre ...

“There is something magical about being in conversation with a living composer,” says Claudia Schreier. Schreier is one of five choreographers who have created new works for “American Dance Odyssey,” ...

Garrop: Invictus. Joie de vivre. Marta Aznavoorian, pianist. Scott Speck, conductor/Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra (Cedille). Two recent recordings present compelling music for piano cast in starkly ...

Bernard Haitink conducted Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in his final concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2018. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Bernard Haitink passed away Thursday at his home in London, ...

Yuja Wang performed concertos by Chopin and Prokofiev, conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard Wednesday night in Chicago. Photo: Todd Rosenberg It’s been four long years for her ...

Vilma Jää as Markéta and Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Conductor Susanna Mälkki, one of Saariaho’s most ...

It’s been a good month for Aaron Copland in Chicago. Coming off an extended period of local neglect, the composer’s Appalachian Spring and Lincoln Portrait have been played by the Chicago Symphony ...

Karen Kamensek conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln” Sunday at Tanglewood. Photo: Hilary Scott Abraham Lincoln’s words aren’t often ...

Evren Ozel performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Marin Alsop and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Friday night at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer It was ...