Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Bound by long-standing customs, classical music sees a fresh perspective through Ruoyang Xiang’s exceptional piano skills and ...

Under music director Richard Tognetti, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has evolved into a dynamic, youthful ensemble whose performances of classical and contemporary repertoire have a flair about ...

April 8 (UPI) --A German museum broke a Guinness World Record by using a model train and nearly 3,000 glasses of water to play 2,840 notes of classical music. Frederik Braun, founder of the Miniatur ...

Last year, I had a bit of a rant about Pierre Boulez and his baleful influence on the postwar music scene. It was the centenary of his birth and—de mortuis nil nisi bonum and all that—I was perhaps a ...

In the mid-2000s, I was approached by a tech entrepreneur who was a fan of classical music and had a foundation that supported many classical artists. He had contacted me because of articles I had ...

Mathematical analysis suggests that melodies and harmonies have become less complex as music evolves and musicians find new ways “to create great music.” ...

Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In ...