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Nois Saxophone Quartet

New Contemporary Chamber Series Launches in Loop Fall ’24

The inaugural 2024-2025 season contains four concerts taking place on Wednesday over the course of the year. The debut season boasts six world premieres.

Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

Conductor Simon Rattle to leave London post for Munich

WFMTJanuary 8, 2021

Montreal Symphony Orchestra Names Next Music Director

Associated PressJanuary 5, 2021

Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

lithuanian composers

Playlist: 11 Lithuanian Composers You Should Know

Fatima DabbahAugust 2, 2022

During and following periods of suppression and foreign occupation, many composers have made it their duty to preserve and strengthen a Lithuanian national identity.

UK to host 2023 Eurovision after Ukraine ruled too risky

Associated PressJuly 25, 2022

The fate of the 2023 contest had featured in talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Playlists

classical drinking songs new year

Playlist: Classical Drinking Songs to Ring in the New Year

Nate BeversluisDecember 29, 2020

Who says enjoying classical music has to be a sober affair? Here is some music to help you say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021.

The Vienna Philharmonic performing its customary New Year's Day Concert in a dazzlingly adorned concert hall

Waltzes in a Pandemic: How Vienna Phil Will Continue Its New Year’s Tradition

George PrestonDecember 29, 2020

It wouldn’t be New Year without the Vienna Philharmonic. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, what will come of the annual New Year's Concert?

Ivry Gitlis

Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98

Associated PressDecember 26, 2020

The acclaimed violinist played with famed conductors, rock stars, and jazz bands around the world.