With the biennial Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival concerts comes a need to sharpen one's grasp of critical musical language. Certain terms appear frequently on musical scores and ...

What is classical music’s place today? Will there still be an engaged audience for repertoires of the past centuries? The conductor, Leon Botstein, didn’t seem to hold high expectations for The ...

Over my many years of reviewing, I’ve often been asked for advice from newcomers to classical music, people excited by what they have heard, and eager to hear — and to learn — more. Naturally, I urge ...

Close your eyes for a moment and think about the most memorable movie scenes you've ever watched. Chances are, you're not ...

Is classical music in a "new golden age"? Heather Mac Donald recently argued this at length in City Journal, a right-leaning quarterly. Despite widespread pessimism, she takes the view that ...