Classical Newsletter

On his new album, the British keyboardist offers both engaging and entertaining contemporary works for the misunderstood instrument.

In his album Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love) French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in societies that wouldn't otherwise accept them.

This week, Christopher Purdy and his guests preview a new musical cabaret show called A Woman of a Certain Age, preview a Pro Musica Orchestra performance and celebrate the career of retiring GCAC President and CEO Tom Katzenmeyer.

Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature diverse characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were forever changed by music’s power to bring us together, give us courage and inspire us to be our best selves.

Something kind of miraculous takes place when teenagers take over the Tiny Desk. Their astounding performances confirm a bright forecast for the future of music.

Two short operas that got their premieres at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. feature Black female protagonists.

The rising star of the British Kanneh-Mason family offers vigorous Chopin, serene Liszt and a stirring spiritual at the trusty Tiny Desk upright piano.

Discover a wide range of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic thrill rides and soaring voices to delicate baroque suites, ambient adventures and one groove-laden masterwork.

For more than 40 years, the annual Twelfth Night concert of The Early Interval, Columbus’ resident early music ensemble, has reminded us that Christmas is just the beginning of the traditional season of holiday merriment.

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.