As on his recent recording with the Orchestre de Paris, Mäkelä brought a fresh approach, vast dynamic range, and richly ...

Among the 210 composers whose music is being given this month as part of Ear Taxi Festival 2025, Stacy Garrop is the most prominent of those representing the city of Chicago.

Now in its 31st season, the Belcea Quartet, like many venerable ensembles, has seen its share of personnel changes. Founding first violinist Corina Belcea and violist Krysztof Chorzelski are the only ...

Jaap van Zweden conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 Thursday night. Photo: Todd Rosenberg With multiple street closures and exits off the Drive shut down for a race in ...

Flora Hawk and Jonathan Michie star in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s Loving v. Virginia at Virginia Opera. Photo: Dave Pearson Virginia Opera is marking its golden anniversary season in the ...

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 ...

Nicholas Brownlee and Elza van den Heever in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Santa Fe Opera. Photo: Curtis Brown/SFO General director Robert Meya has given Wagner fans cause to rejoice: Santa Fe Opera ...

Angel Stanislav Wang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on the first Finals night of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer After two ...

Seraphic Fire. Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutum (SFM). The first thing one notes about Seraphic Fire’s assured new recording of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum is the sound. When von Bingen ...

Quinn Kelsey stars in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff at Santa Fe Opera. Photo: Curtis Brown The most complex works on the stage this summer at Santa Fe Opera came at the end of the first full week ...

The 2025 Cliburn medalists are, from left, Bronze medalist Evren Ozel, 26, from the United States, Gold medal winner Aristo Sham, 29, from China, and Silver medalist Vitaly Starikov, 30, from ...

Andrzej Filończyk (left) and Myles Mykkanen in Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera The best works of art, in any medium, ...