Vänskä’s alert and atmospheric accompaniment was on the same level, textured yet subtle, letting the melodies unfold without going over the top in tuttis. Harpist Julie Spring contributed a superb ...

Whatever troubling things may have been going on in the world outside, Symphony Hall was enveloped in a pink cloud of hope and gratitude Thursday night, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed ...

The annual Ravinia Women’s Board Gala has a place in musical lore as the occasion in 1999 when a 17-year-old pianist debuted to clamorous popular and critical acclaim as a last minute sub for the ...

The lowest form of humor may be the pun. But for classical musicians, it’s the viola joke. How can you tell a violist is playing out of tune? His bow is moving. How do you keep your violin from being ...

Another former young artist, Troy Cook, provided some comic relief as Bernard Cohen, one of the ACLU lawyers, surpassed in vocal power by tenor Christian Sanders as his partner, Philip Hirschkop. The ...

Eugene Izotov is leaving his post as principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to take up the same position with the San Francisco Symphony in the 2015-16 season, the SFS announced Monday ...

If Boston’s new company, Odyssey Opera, was aiming to make some noise with its debut, it certainly did with Wagner’s Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen. The concert performance, presented Sunday in ...

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 ...

The Grant Park Music Festival hit cruising speed Friday night at Millennium Park by doing what it does best—presenting first-class performances of two neglected works, one of which is so obscure that ...

When Paul Curran’s production of La Donna del Lago opened at Santa Fe Opera in 2013, it was met with widespread acclaim. His simple, hillside set capitalized on the festival’s outdoor setting, leaving ...

The life, crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ seems to be stoking composers’ imaginations once again. For many, it seems to be due more to the towering achievement of Bach’s Passions, than the ...