There were two concerts — one energetic, one hardly so, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra opened its season Thursday evening at Symphony Hall. The high point began after intermission. Finnish conductor ...

Jaap van Zweden, the conductor, and Igor Levit, the pianist, are cut from the same cloth. Each is intensely devoted to music. Intensely. Each is disciplined, no-nonsense, bracing. I have often thought ...

It was Greatest Hits night in Orchestra Hall on Tuesday, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra reveling in classics from the first half of the 20th century – including a formidable encore. So though the ...

It should come as no surprise that Kim Kashkashian didn't begin musical life as a violist. Few violists do. They usually play violin before being seduced by the noble sound of the slightly larger and ...

Friday night was the concert for the San Antonio Symphony musicians, individually and collectively, to exhibit their immense talents. They did so by performing Bela Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, ...

Big sounds, musical depth and standing ovations rang out in Uihlein Hall Saturday night during Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s program of music by Bartok, Tchaikovsky and Still. Playing under the baton ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick By Seth Colter Walls The aesthetic commitment being offered was never in doubt. By programming two full nights of Bartok at Carnegie ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Conductor David Afkham made everything look easy in his Severance Music Center debut with Cleveland Orchestra on Friday night. He committed to lead works by Unsuk Chin, Rachmaninoff ...