Mahler was born in 1860 to a Jewish tavern-keeper and his ill-matched wife. He grew up in the small provincial city of Iglau (present-day Jihlava), midway between Vienna and Prague, in the heart ...

Mahler's grand-scale "Resurrection" Symphony marked the real beginning of his career as a composer. It's the work with which he answered the metaphysical challenge of Beethoven's Ninth, with a ...

An Anniversary among Thousands September 12 th marks the 106 th anniversary of the premiere of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. This “garishly divine” work is the oddest beast of Mahler’s, by far.

Ahead of the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will play Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies at Symphony Center.