The senior Berlioz was a prominent physician. From local teachers, Hector learned how to play the flute and the guitar — not the usual instruments for composers-to-be. His dad wanted him to go ...

In addition to being among the foremost interpreters of the French composer, Mr. Nelson was praised for his work arranging ...

Gregory Massat/Knight Classical Berlioz had always been a problem child in the pantheon of high romantic composers: too bombastic, noisy and rule breaking for his French compatriots, and too ...

John Nelson, an American conductor known for championing the work of romantic composer Hector Berlioz ... known by its French name, “Les Troyens,” the opera was Berlioz’s most ambitious ...