Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Chopin. When you think of the musical canon, these are names that usually come to mind. The works created by these composers form an educational base that tends ...

Expanding the classical canon brings us incredible music and extraordinary stories, not least that of Ethel Smyth, whose compositions and pioneering energy filled England in the interwar years In 1934 ...

The Hub caught up with Jordan Randall Smith, the HSO's assistant conductor and HCO conductor, to talk about the classical era, how the concert pieces inform and influence one another, and how ...

Arthur Rubinstein was one of the greatest piano performers of the 20th century, renowned for his unmatchable tone and the creativity of his playing. But he was not known for technical perfection. In ...

Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre is partnering with Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Classical Theatre of Harlem to launch their new initiative, EXPAND THE CANON, an annual curated list of nine classical plays ...

There are arguably more women composers today than ever before, but women composing music is by no means a new phenomenon. Why do we so rarely hear music by celebrated women composers of earlier eras?

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