UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty hide caption
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Vijay Gupta performing with some of the professional musicians in Street Symphony at the Midnight Mission on LA's Skid Row. David Zimmerman hide caption
Composer Carlos Simon's Requiem for the Enslaved, commissioned by Georgetown University, is a reckoning with the school's troubled history. Toko Shiik/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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'Requiem for the Enslaved' holds a major university's truths up to the light
'Requiem for the Enslaved' holds a major university's truths up to the light
Herman Makarenko, lead conductor for the National Opera of Ukraine. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, left, with composer John Williams, right. The pair recently released a collaborative recording, A Gathering of Friends, with the New York Philharmonic. Lawrence Sumulong/Courtesy of Sony Music hide caption
Composer John Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma bring together 'A Gathering of Friends'
Third Coast Percussion's new album, Perspectives, is the group's most accessible. Saverio Truglia/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats
Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats
Raven Chacon's Voiceless Mass has won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Adam Conte/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hear an excerpt of Raven Chacon's 'Voiceless Mass'
An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption
English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, has died, his publisher confirmed on Monday. Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes hide caption
A March 24 dress rehearsal for "A Knee on the Neck." Front, from left: Mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges, National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale Music Director Piotr Gajewski, tenor Norman Shankle and baritone Kenneth Overton. Behind: The National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale, joined by members of The Washington Chorus and The Howard University Chorale. Elman Studio/Courtesy of the National Philharmonic hide caption
Composer, Mary D. Watkins, left, and librettist, Clare Coss, right, pose for a portrait at Ripley-Grier Rehearsals in New York, NY on March 17, 2022. Nate Palmer hide caption
Critics want to shutter a new opera about Emmett Till. Here's what its creators say
Pianist Ruth Slenczynska, photographed in 2021. At 97, she just released her first record for the Decca label in nearly 60 years. Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
At 97, Pianist Ruth Slenczynska has a new album — and plenty of stories
Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna, Austria in 2017. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons
Soprano Anna Netrebko, performing in Vienna, Austria in 2019. Hans Punz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A still from "We Hold These Truths." Music for the new opera was composed by Tamar-kali, and director dream hampton put that music to film, for the LA Opera's Digital Shorts series. Erik Paul Howard hide caption
New opera teaches a classical music class in the ongoing fight for civil rights
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares backstage prior to performing with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Opera House in 2011 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images hide caption
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's new album, Eden, is a meditation on the natural world. Sergi Jasanada/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Star Russian soprano Anna Netrekbo singing in Metz, France in February 2020. Christoph de Barry/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Conductor Valery Gergiev, pictured in 2017, has pulled out of a concert series at Carnegie Hall that was scheduled for this weekend. Maxim Shipenkov/AP hide caption
Composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey leads a rehearsal of his Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on Feb. 18. Scott Dalton/DACAMERA hide caption
Tenor Curtis Bannister sings the role of Stan in Beethoven's Fidelio, in a dress rehearsal. Russ Rowland/Courtesy of Heartbeat Opera hide caption
Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven's opera about unjust incarceration
A 1968 portrait of George Crumb. Gabriel Hackett/Getty Images hide caption