For 38-year-old composer Johann Sebastian Bach, his 1723 appointment as musical director (Thomaskantor) in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig must have seemed like a huge step. What Bach could not know ...

The season opens Oct. 16 at Mechanics Hall with acclaimed pianist Emanuel Ax.

Feeling ‘suite’ toothed? Must be the Bach... A study has been published showing how classical music makes us crave chocolate biscuits and other sweet treats. No, we’re not going crackers. This ...

A jobbing composer under pressure to produce a constant stream of music; an artist and visionary reaching the divine and speaking directly to the heart of the human experience: Bach’s sacred music is ...

This week, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an order requiring people to stay home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. That means the majority of kids and adults are now at home and may be ...

Los Llanos is a vast plain that stretches across the border of Venezuela and Colombia. And joropo is the music that sets the rhythm of daily life in a land of ranches and cattle herding. It's a ...

There's an elite list of classical musicians who are also part of popular culture, and violinist Midori's 2020 Kennedy Center Honor cemented her place on it. She made her professional debut at 11 with ...

Last May, as the final serene measures of the “Dona nobis pacem” sounded in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, the music also served to sunset Bach Week, the annual festival celebrating J.S.

Driven by a lifelong passion for Bach, Scott Dettra, music director and organist at Dallas' Church of the Incarnation, is launching a free midday concert series focused on the German baroque ...

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 ...