Timeless Transformations” is a key theme of the Lincoln Festival Orchestra’s season at Geffen Hall this year (itself ...

Auckland Philharmonia’s Beethoven 5 was one grand meal of a concert, so popular that the orchestra programmed it on two consecutive evenings. Music director ...

Ariel Dorfman, “ Allegro ” (Other Press) A thrilling historical mystery by novelist and playwright Ariel Dorfman starring Mozart tells of friendship and betrayal, and how music allows us to defy death ...

Late in Allegro, Mozart, now 34, ill, and aware that he is approaching his own death, admits that his preoccupation with the elder Bach’s maybe-murder is really about his sense, despite all of ...

Our roundup of mysteries includes Jay Gatsby’s (invented) sister and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as detectives. Retirees and conspiracies abound.

Just as Mainly Mozart is busy preparing its 2025 All-Star Orchestra Festival this summer, the San Diego nonprofit, founded in 1988, is also being recognized globally. Late last month, the ...

Secrets of the Dead: Mozart’s Sister is a production of Media Stockade and The WNET Group, in association with Minderoo Pictures and Evolution Post. Narrated by Jay O. Sanders.

In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live recording of that concert is now available.

Join me and my guests Gabrielle Robinson and Mike Keen as we discuss the life of Mozart’s sister in Mozart’s Last Aria by Matt Rees. We’ll prepare some Viennese dishes.

A new book brings Mozart down from the ether and reminds us about the context in which his music was made.

The continuing appeal of Mozart’s music may lie in the contradictory nature of the composer, balancing elegance with challenging originality.