The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz ...

Beethoven (his third piano concerto, performed by a fellow Mexican, Jorge Federico Osorio) and Rachmaninoff. It’s not often that a classical program feels so front-loaded (and so assuredly so!), ...

At the piano, he bounced through ragtime chords and ... joshing him along with countermelodies, trills and wheezily encouraging chords. An anthem of desperate loneliness, “It Makes No Difference ...

This was a funny show. Towards the end of a jaunty minor-key swing, for example, Fortner held a sustained trill at the low end of the keys, then broke into a stride-piano frenzy that could easily have ...

Beethoven (his third piano concerto, performed by a fellow Mexican, Jorge Federico Osorio) and Rachmaninoff. It’s not often that a classical program feels so front-loaded (and so assuredly so!), ...

E nglish singer Tahliah Barnett, who performs as FKA twigs, is difficult to categorize. She has collaborated with some of the biggest stars in music—the Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Future ...

Ahead of his debut recital at Carnegie Hall, the British pianist talks about finding common connections in a breadth of ...

Clarinetist Anthony McGill was playing a pleasantly intimate recital Thursday night at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, when he let his accompanist play a solo. Something about “Moonlight.” ...

The Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists from the 2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition stopped by our studios this week ...

Playing classical music to your child while they’re still in the womb can stimulate development, new research suggests. Music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their ...

This week’s classical music recommendations include a wide variety of musical styles. A good opportunity to venture out of ...