Classical Music News
Listen Roman Totenberg: A Musical Life Remembered
May 12, 2012 – NPR's Nina Totenberg recalls her late father's mastery of music, as well as his love of life.
Watch Around The Classical Internet: May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012 – Read about a classy train ride in Copenhagen, a ruckus in London and a broken Strad in Madrid.
Read Compete For Cliburn's Collection At Christie's
May 10, 2012 – Megastar pianist Van Cliburn has 150 items at auction that are expected to bring in $3 million.
Watch 'Wagner's Dream': Is It The Met's Nightmare?
May 7, 2012 – A new documentary follows the Metropolitan Opera's controversial staging of Wagner's Ring cycle.
Read Around The Classical Internet: May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012 – A transposed tenor and an inspiring tour: all the classical music news that's fit to link.
Read Why The Fader Picked Philip Glass For Its 'Icon' Issue
May 1, 2012 – The Fader, a magazine that usually covers up-and-coming artists, honors the 75-year-old composer.
Read Around The Classical Internet: April 27, 2012
April 27, 2012 – One conductor's fall and another's ascent: all the news that's fit to link.
Watch The Tokyo String Quartet Will Bid Farewell
April 20, 2012 – One of the world's top string quartets has decided that next season will be its last.
Listen To Russia, With Musical Love — After 22 Years' Absence
April 20, 2012 – The Chicago Symphony has found a very different country than the one they last visited.
Read Around The Classical Internet: April 20, 2012
April 20, 2012 – Big prizes for composers, operatic imbroglios and a pol takes to the stage.
Watch Jonas Kaufmann Steps Into The (Boxing) Ring
April 18, 2012 – Who cares if the tenor doesn't sing in this Royal Opera House video promo?
Listen Kevin Puts Wins Music Pulitzer For World War I Opera 'Silent Night'
April 16, 2012 – A sudden cease-fire on a Belgian battlefield inspired composer's first opera.
Listen For Orthodox Easter, Music That Faces East
April 15, 2012 – 300 million Christians celebrate Sunday and their music represents a huge geographical sweep.
Read Around The Classical Internet: April 13, 2012
April 13, 2012 – Triumph in Kinshasa, agony in Moscow and teen angst in Leipzig: all the news that's fit to link.
Listen Remembering The Titanic's Intrepid Bandleader
April 13, 2012 – Wallace Hartley led the ship's seven musicians in song as they sank into the Atlantic Ocean.
