When you hear the word “conductor,” what—or who—do you picture? “It’s probably an older white man who looks very serious,” jokes Kevin Fitzgerald, the 32-year-old who is currently the Associate ...

Special guest conductor, Carl Topilow, and renowned pianist George Burton, will appear at the No Name Pops’ upcoming concert, Timeless: A Tribute to the Legacy of Peter Nero. The concert will take ...

Conductor Mina Kim is the artistic director of the Woodstock Symphony. Composer George Crumb in 2008. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb showing how to make crystal wine glasses produce ...

Running With Théoden is a special Observer interview series featuring runs with influential Charlotteans. This week: ...

In Maestro, director, actor, and co-screenwriter Bradley Cooper’s magnetic new film, the multi-hyphenate tackles the topic of Leonard Bernstein with the same zeal the late composer-conductor put into ...

Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.

Flicking through this box set will provoke a Proustian rush if you’re of a certain age. These recordings were mostly made for EMI, though Warner Classics have wisely kept the LPs’ original sleeve art, ...

ROCHESTER — Orchestral music isn’t just classical music. Orchestral arrangements enhance movies, video games and other art. Orchestral music also stands on its own as an art. “It invites us to ...

Primo Artists has announced Exclusive Worldwide Management of conductor Cristian Măcelaru, effective immediately. The agency will become his General Management and will continue to oversee his ...