There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...

L.A. Opera presents the world premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'Hildegard,' about the mystical 12th century ...

For the composers chosen to participate, among the nearly 200 who apply each year, the concert was the culmination of an intense multi-day immersion into the artistic life of an orchestra. During a ...

The German composer is also on this year’s awards circuit with ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ after last year’s run with ...

When you hear some of the most iconic film scores of the 1970s and beyond, odds are that many of them will be by John Williams. He’s one of the relatively few film composers the general public knows ...

Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov almost didn't make it out of his hometown of Kyiv at the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion. First, his daughter had to convince him to escape to safety; ...

Music plays a crucial role in all of our favorite movies and TV shows and most of that music has been written by incredible composers like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Elmer Bernstein, and many, many ...

Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time. Seeking counsel from other composers, Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces for ...

Safe at home this spring has not necessarily meant sane at home. One antidote is a mega-dose of Erik Satie. The French composer’s most beguiling and languidly becalming piano pieces, particularly the ...

Jon Cziner’s new piece, Clarinet Concerto, is the result of a multi-year collaboration between the composer and Principal ...