An Opera (of Sorts)” subverts expectations of the genre by making fun of classical composers typically featured in these ...

Some of the finest orchestral musicians in the United States convened Friday evening on a humid athletic field in Del Mar to play symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven. The majority of the audience at ...

Have you ever wished you could meet someone before they became the person you know and love? Maybe wish you could meet one of your parents when they were an adolescent or perhaps experience your ...

What to call it: The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness? That was probably the least of Mozart’s concerns when he sat down to write this comic opera score in 1786. One of his main concerns had ...

The Mainly Mozart Festival is in full flight. This year’s proceedings started on Thursday, June 15, and have gone from strength, to strength, to strength, to sublime. The first concert saw LA ...

Over the past week, I’ve discussed a number of scholars’ thoughts on what schools can do to nurture creativity and innovation among students. One point of view I meant to highlight earlier this week ...

SANTA BARBARA — When the American composer Elliott Carter reached the seemingly ripe old age of 80, I interviewed him about his late style. He wasn’t much interested in either looking back or keeping ...

Can it be true that Martha Argerich turns 75 this weekend? Her artistry at the piano hardly seems to have aged a day. As if to prove the point, DG is releasing this 2-disc set of the young Argerich, ...

In recent years Britain has become the Willy Wonka of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace. But our weaponization of classical ...