Award-winning classical music broadcaster Sir Humphrey Burton has died at the age of 94. He presented the BBC's Omnibus and In Performance arts programmes in the 1970s and 80s, was the corporation's head of music and arts for six years, and launched its Arena documentary series.

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise

By the time Kitt Wakeley started writing Seven Seasons, he wasn’t interested in telling his own story anymore. Instead, he wanted to tell everyone else’s. The Grammy®-nominated composer and producer – whose work spans classical,

The CheckOut — a cozy music venue housed in a former 7-Eleven — opened in September and has already become a fixture both in Chicago’s contemporary music scene and the neighborhood.

At the opera, my highlights of 2025 included Washington National Opera’s winning “ Porgy and Bess ,” a revival of artistic director Francesca Zambello’s 2005 production that let the beauty of the music lead the way — conductor Kwamé Ryan led the Washington National Opera Orchestra with attentive affection for the score.

Find out why a live classical concert changes you completely. Your brain, body, and emotions react differently than you ever expected.

The world of classical music has gotten a modern makeover. The Bach Society of Saint Louis has spent 85 years celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and other classical composers through special performances and programs.

As a child in Tokyo, Mari Yoshihara shared her bedroom with a Yamaha upright. She began piano lessons at age 3. It was a typical middle-class Japanese girlhood, she says, recalling that she was serious about music through adolescence but ultimately chose ...

A small but powerful source of inspiration can be found at the intersection of classical music and Indigenous nations across the U.S. and Canada. CPR Classical celebrates "Native American Heritage Month" this November by amplifying Indigenous classical ...