Classical Music
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Programming works involving improvisation would be one way to encourage ensembles to make classical music more inclusive. Source
With performances silenced by the coronavirus, our chief classical music critic has been left wishing for more sound, not less. Source
For 20 years, the superstar pianist resisted playing this towering work in public. Now he’s releasing not one recording of it, but two. Source
Parker Ramsay thinks so. He has arranged the “Goldberg” Variations, a keyboard classic, for the modern pedal harp. Source
Performances by Renée Fleming, Daniil Trifonov and Sandbox Percussion are among those that have asked viewers to purchase tickets. Source
“The Prison” — her last major piece, premiered in 1931 — comes out on disc for the first time. Source
We asked Ivo van Hove, Justin Peck, Du Yun and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. Source
The Salzburg Festival is unfolding its abbreviated centennial season with an elaborate coronavirus protection plan. Source
A folk virtuoso will be the artistic director of the cross-cultural exchange organization founded by Yo-Yo Ma. Source
An 18th-century polymath has had his brilliant music and life diminished by a demeaning nickname. Source
