Michael’s stirring performance caused star pianist Lang Lang to describe him as “a new Bach” on the hit Channel 4 series, ‘The Piano’. One of those hopefuls was 23-year-old Michael Howell, a recent ...

Generally speaking, the Baroque period is when the orchestra was born, opera kicked off in a big way and the concerto gave soloists the chance to properly show off. From the period's beginnings in the ...

The fusion of jazz, baroque piano, vocals and traditional Central African and Middle Eastern rhythms might sound like an ambitious overreach, with too many influences competing for space. Yet Afro ...

Casual classical music listeners might think of it as a genre designed around string quartets and pianos. But the hardcore devotees among us know that the piano didn’t even exist when many of the best ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The baroque period in music stretches from the invention of opera around 1600 to the death of J.S. Bach ...

American composer Nico Muhly was a big fan of French pianist Alexandre Tharaud when they met via social media through their mutual friend, choreographer-dancer Benjamin Millepied. Resulting from that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. William Christie, who is being feted for his 80th birthday, planted seeds in fallow grounds that brought forth baroque splendors — both figuratively and literally. William ...

BAROQUE is an exceptional recording that is sure to entertain you."—Sounds of Timeless Jazz Los Angeles, California. Critically-acclaimed jazz pianist Junko Onishi is set to tour several cities in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to spirited, sublime works by Bach, Handel, Purcell and others. In the past, we’ve asked some of our favorite artists to choose the five ...

The Federated Music Teachers Association of the Quad-Cities held its 25th annual baroque piano competition Dec. 6 at Foster Family Music in Bettendorf. Finalists were chosen by recorded audition to ...