Classical News

Grizzly Bear and London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, review This year's indie darlings reach new heights with the LSO Rating: * * * * * Posterboys for a certain strain of ambitious, symphonic pop: Grizzly Bear 'Does this feel as fancy for you as it does for us?' asked bassist Chris Taylor as he looked out across the auditorium of the ...

With two concerts and a series of workshops for young musicians, the White House put a big spotlight on classical music Wednesday and sent a strong message that it's not just for stuffed shirts.

We all know about the power of the Internet to promote democracy, unite the world and maybe one day eliminate war, world hunger and the need for singles bars.

Slowly but surely, contemporary music is infiltrating the Wigmore Hall programmes.

New Zealand International Arts Festival The New Zealand International Arts Festival has launched its programme for 2010.

The music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has been hospitalized after experiencing chest discomfort while conducting a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in the Netherlands.

Big screen funnyman Jim Carrey has turned on the Christmas lights at London's Oxford Street.

De Pere native violinist Sarah Larsen is accustomed to performing in front of a lot of people, including at Carnegie Hall.

Nov 3 - Angela Lansbury returns to musical theater and Catherine Zeta Jones makes her Broadway debut with A Little Night Music, a Stephen Sondheim revival.

Actors Bob Martin and Beth Leavel in the Broadway production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

The Tri-Cities Opera hopes its mix of productions and cost- containment measures will lead to a successful 61st season.

This summer, the First Lady Michelle Obama and the White House celebrated Jazz music with a Jazz Studio session / The concert was one of a series of student workshops the First Lady has been hosting.

A conservative group will hold a conference on homosexuality this week, and gay rights organizations say they plan to stage a protest.

The former agent to Queen Elizabeth II's official composer was sentenced to prison Monday for embezzling more than 500,000 pounds from his employer over a period of 16 years.

The staid world of classical music has been getting a makeover starting with the conductors.

The year 1979 is important in the history of classical music in China. Before Isaac Stern's trip, Seiji Ozawa visited Beijing in March with the Boston Symphony and returned to collaborate with the Central Symphony Orchestra in December.

The first half of the Meadows Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday afternoon was again an impressive showcase for Southern Methodist University's student orchestra.

Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform at the Ada Public Library on Tuesday, Nov.

By Kenny Mathieson PERTH CONCERT HALL **** THE UK premiere of David Lang's Pulitzer prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, a joint commission by Perth Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, was the centrepiece of this concert.

THE life stories and music of Lehar and Romberg will be played out at the next lunchtime concert to be held at St John's Burlington Methodist Church.