The director of the Chopin Institute in Warsaw believes the strange work stems from the Polish composer’s teaching activities, as studies suggest it dates back to around 1830 and matches his handwriting
The Finnish conductor, who leads the Oslo Philharmonic, has been appointed to succeed Riccardo Muti as the director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the 2027/28 season and also to lead Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
George Gershwin’s work has remained popular, but it is also controversial: for some it introduced jazz into the concert hall, while others consider it to be a white musician’s crass and racist appropriation
The celebration of the Austrian composer includes biographies and two disappointing symphony cycles by Christian Thielemann (Sony) and Andris Nelsons (DG)
The premiere of ‘Tár,’ the French-language ‘Maestro(s),’ the biopic about Leonard Bernstein and the soon-to-be-released Romanian film about Sergiu Celibidache have confirmed cinema’s interest in the podium and the baton
The English baroque oratorio, which deals with the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ, is performed for yet another year with multiple concerts and an excellent new recording
Sony Classical releases a deluxe album of previously unpublished photographs of his best recordings as conductor of the New York Philharmonic, allowing us to delve into the protagonist of the film directed by and starring Bradley Cooper
The maestro from Moscow returns to Europe, celebrating the centenary of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. His program — inspired by the Czech composer Josef Suk and the Russian pianists Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff — is all about the demonic powers that have unleashed past and present tragedies
The legendary Italian director reflects on the past, present, and future of classical music following his farewell concerts as conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Difficulty in finding specific recordings on streaming platforms has led Apple to develop an application capable of selecting reference versions from dozens of releases
Todd Field’s film paints a clumsy and old-fashioned portrait of conducting, with Cate Blanchett as the implausible protagonist