English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled “In Defense of Poesy.” In this text, he defends the value of ...

What is technical perfection if you don't have anything meaningful to say? It was something Pyotr Tchaikovsky mused about in 1888 when setting to work on what would become his famed Symphony No 5.

Luisi must have been right on Beethoven’s markings for the Fifth’s first two movements — the first edgy, bristling with ...

The maestro has appeared more frail since 2022, canceling scheduled performances that included a new production of Wagner's ...

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Steve Hackman conducts the Charlotte Symphony in “Beethoven X Beyoncé” in November 2024 with soloists (from left) Brayla Cook, Kaylah Sharve’ and Malia Civetz.

But he didn’t realise, until a friend told him later, that his ‘original’ melody is actually the horn solo from the second movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. One day, as John Lennon’s wife Yoko ...

After a three-month absence, the Sedona Symphony returned to the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Feb. 2, with its ...

Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The 82-year-old issued a statement Thursday ...