From tradition to displacement, music carries memory and emotion across generations—often when language fails.

AI finished Beethoven’s 10th Symphony. As machines learn to compose, what still defines human creativity in classical music today?

A growing body of research suggests that one of life’s simplest pleasures — listening to music — may also be one of its most powerful tools for maintaining brain health ...

String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will present an evening of chamber music featuring the SPA Trio at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, ...

Experts say the more we challenge our brains as we age, the more resilient it becomes—and “learning a new instrument is a full-brain workout.” After the age of 40, the average brain decreases 5 ...

American pianist and composer Chloe Flower is on a mission to get young people into classical music. She’s doing it by collaborating with rap, house and pop stars, and creating her own genre of music, ...

This year’s 2026 Preview consists of all the entertainment — from movies to books to art shows — that Vulture writers and editors are excited to consume in the New Year. Below, our classical-music ...

Allan Clayton and members of the Dunedin Consort applaud composer Tom Coult in Blythburgh Church during the 2025 Aldeburgh Festival The festival sensibility needn't run to a huge number of concerts.

When people experience mental illness, they often describe it in abstract terms: a cloud of sadness, a sudden rush of anxiety, or a sense of disconnection from reality. Yet these experiences do not ...

Along with the performances concerts highlighted here today, classical-music aficionados can also look forward to the San Diego Symphony’s five-concert Brahams Festival starting in late February, ...

If you’re holding your breath awaiting the end of the compact-disc era, don’t exhale quite yet. Because, yes, there’s more. Believe it or not, the great conductors of the past (to say nothing of ...

Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious ...