Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Marking his debut recording as an orchestral composer, polymath Vijay Iyer ...

If you've ever wondered why orchestras need conductors, consider this complex excerpt from Matthias Pintscher's "With Lilies White," a 20-minute fantasy for orchestra with voices, illustrating the ...

The modern symphony orchestra is a product of the 19th century, and there's always some adjustment required when it turns to music from an earlier period. Wednesday's uneven concert by the San ...

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Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Reza Vali, both as composer and as music ...

When the Ford Foundation awarded an $85 million grant to U.S. orchestras five months ago, it was paying tribute to the nation’s richest and most underrated cultural asset. The symphony orchestra has ...

Modern music is just as guilty of setting the stage for a mega ’80s comeback as are the artists who defined the era. The synthesizer has pushed its way back to the top of the mix and so it ...

What happens when you juxtapose Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, an orchestral masterpiece whose sublime grandeur seems impossible to rival, with contemporary composer Kevin Puts’s ...