Planning on a summer backyard barbecue? Why not grill those burgers and brats to the sounds of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms? Afternoon Host Kent Teeters has put together a fun classical music playlist ...

There are so many reference recordings of this repertoire. Janssen seems comparatively straight after Glenn Gould, but he’s much easier to live with in the long term. And while I love the exquisite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman (left) and actor John Malkovich will perform with the San Francisco Symphony in "The Music Critic," as ...

Will you have some wine with your Beethoven? The Seattle Symphony found such a hot reception for last year’s “Beethoven and Wine” series that it’s presenting three of the well-priced, short Beethoven ...

Classical music must be alive and at least reasonably well if it generates vigorous dialogue. That's what happened in a rather big way recently when Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic of The New ...

SANTA CRUZ — Go to a symphony concert these days, and you are likely to hear a range of compositions from many centuries of ...

New subscribers can order a free brochure online at www.spokanesymphony.org by clicking on concerts/tickets. For questions about the upcoming events, call (509) 624-1200, or see the box office at ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .

University of Washington researchers sound out a way to help computers think and even write like a composer. Roll over, Beethoven! Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and ...