The French composer, Claude Debussy, is known as the first impressionist composer. He was born in 1862 and is often referred to as one of the most influential composers of the time. Some of his most ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers, it can be ...

How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ ...

We know Braille as a system of writing for the blind, but it was created for music, too.Louis Braille was a musician as well ...

Being a composer is a solitary gig, even in the best of times. And that feeling of isolation can be exacerbated for people of color working in classical music’s predominantly white spaces. But amid ...

Explore the lives of classical composers and how their experiences influenced their iconic music. This video delves into the ...

AI finished Beethoven’s 10th Symphony. As machines learn to compose, what still defines human creativity in classical music ...

In popular culture, it’s not often that classical music gets a spot in the proverbial spotlight. But more recently, two celebrated films have taken the subject up and earned critical and cultural ...

Every seat in the Missouri History Museum’s Lee Auditorium was filled Friday night for a gathering that honored the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by celebrating Blackness through the lens ...

This story was first published in Classical KC's "Take Note" newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox the first Wednesday of every month. Native American people have ...

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford has been happening in the Hartford area since 2001. This year, the two-day event is Feb. 28 and March 1 at Central Connecticut State University’s Founders Hall ...