Stormy, emotionally charged harmonic shifts. Flowing classical lyricism interrupted by lightning bolt chords. Propulsive rhythmic themes swept along by avalanches of rapid scales and arpeggios.

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

Pianist Inon Barnatan returns to New Jersey Symphony stages to perform all five of Beethoven's piano concertos across two programs and four performances in one weekend, March 31-April 3. Music ...

Late in life, Arthur Rubinstein, one of a series of legendary musicians who influenced Daniel Barenboim, gave a number of programs made up of famous piano concertos. Thursday night at Orchestra Hall, ...

Violinist-composer Franz Clement (1780-1842) has been portrayed in the past as something of a charlatan, an empty virtuoso not noted for his musical depth. Clement, as concertmaster of the Theater an ...

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Today it’s one of the most well-loved violin concertos, but it wasn’t so popular at first... Violinist ...

You’re one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You want a song that really shows what you can do. You want a tune that demonstrates why you’re considered a Rock God. You want a song like “Voodoo ...

One of the things that makes great composers great is their ability to rack up any number of masterpieces in a given genre – several symphonies, for example, or concertos, string quartets, piano ...

Albany Symphony's 2026-2027 season will feature new works by Viet Cuong and Reena Esmail alongside classics including Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart.