The orchestra will welcome such guest artists violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Emanuel Ax, Seong-Jin ...

The 2025-26 season is the Cleveland Orchestra's 24th under the baton of music director Franz Welser-Möst, who will lead the ...

Are there conductors like that out there ... One can stipulate to Mäkelä's greatness on the podium while still wondering whether he’ll be spread too thin. In the course of a brilliant and ...

Hearing a movie score played live is a distinctive, immersive experience for an audience, one where the music is "front and ...

These two conductor perspectives indicate the complex processes involved in translating the notes composers write in their manuscripts to what we hear as music. Standing alone on the podium before ...

The conductor typically stands on a raised podium with a large music stand for the full score, which contains the musical notation for all the instruments and/or voices. Since the mid-19th century, ...

James DePreist's route to the conductor's podium defied convention at every turn. He began as a jazz drummer, not a classically trained musician. "Not only was he inspired by jazz musicians ...

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra ’s 2025-26 season will include two particularly ambitious programs, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly ...

18-20: Guest conductor Ludovic Morlot leads the Pacific ... (Photo by Nick Bayless) Jan. 15-18: The symphony, with Shelley at the podium, will perform Stravinsky’s “The Firebird ...