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Over the last two decades, something has happened to classical music. It has become deeply popular with a brand new audience. Classical music — with roots in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. There are certain classical pieces that are repeated so often at the ...

A world premiere by the legendary John Williams, popular contemporary artists including Jon Baptiste and John Legend, a special celebration honoring Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, and the ...

Be it the misuse of funds, waste, or deleterious governing philosophy, the National Endowment for the Arts has proven to be a recidivistic cultural butcher. The NEA’s process for cultivating art is ...

It’s hard to believe that some of the most treasured pieces in classical music history were almost never composed – nearly lost, abandoned by their creators, dismissed by audiences, or forgotten for ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra dominates the classical scene in the Hub because, well, it’s arguably the greatest symphony in the world. But as the BSO begins its 2022-23 season, it’s important to look ...

On Jan. 28, 1936, Dmitri Shostakovich woke up to read a sternly worded condemnation of his music in the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda. Never mind that the work in question (his opera “Lady Macbeth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We cover classical liberalism from both sides of the Atlantic. The way these two surveys approach classical music, beautifully ...