The choice of a first violinist is the most important appointment that any orchestra’s music director can make, for the position requires not only superb playing ability and broad musicianship, but ...

Oftentimes, music is perceived foremost as an exploration of harmony — how different sounds work mutually, usually conjunctly, and always carefully to create a pleasing, uncontroversial sound. Yet ...

Lively, snappy, intuitive and captivating. Since its forming in 2005, Modern Art Orchestra has been a melting pot for the artistry of highly qualified young musicians in Hungary’s jazz, classical ...

When the European Central Bank celebrates its 10th anniversary on 2 June, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) will be in Frankfurt to contribute to the occasion with a gala concert. Having an ...

Anyone who wants to hear how time can move at multiple speeds simultaneously — fast, slow, moderate, frantic — should drop in on Seattle Modern Orchestra’s Friday concert, “Layers of Time.” The ...

When Julia Tai and Jeremy Jolley took the stage last November to introduce Seattle Modern Orchestra’s (SMO) performances of work by Olivier Messiaen and Louis Andriessen, they seemed almost like new ...

With a late spring in the air, the Baltimore Symphony offered a bouquet of Bach on Thursday night at Strathmore, performing all six Brandenburg Concertos, some of his best-known and most-loved music.