Alsop on Adams Marin Alsop has been quietly championing John Adams abroad—and now at the Met Opera conducting his El Nino—for decades. A new Naxos recording with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra demonstrates her flair and … » Read

Nadia Boulanger was “the most influential woman in music history,” according to Neal Goren, the innovative artistic director of New York’s Catapult Opera. It’s a big statement, but one that is hard to argue with. In the … » Read

LONDON—This April 18 London Symphony Orchestra concert at London’s Barbican Centre was rewarding on so many levels. First, the smartly conceived program was littered with subtle links and echoes, many not apparent until you actually … » Read

CHICAGO—In 1582, four teenage boys—Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Julião Nakaura, and Martinho Hara—left Nagasaki, and the only homeland they’d ever known, to travel across Europe and the Portuguese Empire. They … » Read

Half a century ago Pinchas Zukerman was the groovy face of classical music, much as the Aix Easter Festival’s Artistic Director Renaud Capuçon is today. Like the two violinists’ mutual friend Daniel Barenboim, the 75-year-old … » Read

BOSTON—Olivier Messiaen’s massive Turangalila -Symphonie , which on April 11 received its first Boston Symphony Orchestra performance in 24 years, has a special place in the BSO’s history. Commissioned in 1946 by Serge … » Read

SANTA MONICA, CA – Imagine getting the idea for an opera from the stamp collection that you had as a kid. So said composer Huang Ruo, for whom the mythological Chinese characters on some of his stamps eventually materialized into Book of … » Read

BOSTON—Two of today’s major artists, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Kirill Gerstein, made their first joint Boston appearance in Jordan Hall on April 7. And there may be another musician to thank for bringing them together. … » Read

LONDON—Judging by this April 9 concert at the Barbican’s Milton Court concert hall, versatility is the Britten Sinfonia’s middle name. The program ranged from Mozart to Judith Weir and featured a world premiere in the form of … » Read

The April 9 performance by Jakub Józef Orlinski at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall was a reminder that the Polish countertenor, in the words of the Chronicle’s Joshua Kosman, “really does seem to reach beyond what most artists … » Read