Bruised by the Pandemic, Carnegie Hall Plans a Comeback

New York’s premier concert hall hopes a star-studded season will draw virus-wary fans. But there’s still uncertainty.

Want More Diverse Conductors? Orchestras Should Look to Assistants.

At top American ensembles, young assistant conductors are a far more varied group than the reigning music directors. How can the next generation come to power?

5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now

A single year in Mozart’s career, a Florence Price focus and a fresh take on big-band music are among recent releases.

A Pianist Comes Around on Period Instruments

Early in his career, Andras Schiff disdained historical authenticity. Now he embraces it, including on a revelatory new Brahms recording.

Opinion | A Doctor’s Call to Return to the Activities You Love

The miracle of the Covid vaccines means we can safely return to the things that make our lives whole. I’m returning to live music.

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Percussion

Listen to the varied, explosive, resonant sounds of instruments struck, shaken, pounded, scratched.

Bach’s Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel

With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic.

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Percussion

Listen to the varied, explosive, resonant sounds of instruments struck, shaken, pounded, scratched.

A Beloved London Concert Hall Grows Bold as It Turns 120

Smart choices in the pandemic mean that the Wigmore Hall is reopening in a more confident position than many other British venues.

The Hollywood Bowl Is Now on Plan C: Filling All 18,000 Seats

With regulations changing by the week, the Bowl went from planning a modest reopening for sparse crowds to weighing vaccine requirements to planning to return at full capacity.

He Came to Berlin to Change the World. Then the World Changed Berlin.

The Volksbühne theater’s longtime musical director Sir Henry arrived amid a post-Cold War artistic flowering in the city. The musician bemoans what followed.

10 Classical Concerts to Stream in June

The Met Orchestra’s return, an opera from Paris and a Philip Glass circus work are among the highlights.

They’ve Given $6 Million to the Arts. No One Knew Them, Until Now.

Moving quickly in the pandemic, a wealthy money manager underwrote performances via a new foundation, with a little help from a violin-obsessed adviser.

Extraordinary Beethoven, and an Adventurous Streak

The pianist Stewart Goodyear plays the standards brilliantly, and also writes music that nods to rock and calypso.

Franco Battiato, Pop Singer and Versatile Composer, Dies at 76

Though hugely popular as a singer-songwriter in Italy, he never stopped experimenting. He composed for movies, opera and ballet, directed films and painted.

Met Opera Announces Its First Live Concerts Since Shutdown

Despite ongoing labor tensions, members of the company’s orchestra and chorus will perform with soloists and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.