Classical music

Xian Zhang to become music director of Seattle Symphony starting with 2025-26 season

Xian Zhang was hired Thursday as music director of the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a…

2 weeks ago

Maurice Williams, writer and lead singer of ‘Stay,’ dead at 86

NEW YORK -- Maurice Williams, a rhythm and blues singer and composer who with his backing group the Zodiacs became…

1 month ago

Meyerbeer’s ‘Le Prophète’ from 1849 sounds like it’s ripped-from-the-headlines at Bard SummerScape

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy. What sounds like a ripped-from-the-headlines 21st century story was…

2 months ago

Conductor John Eliot Gardiner quits the choir and orchestra he founded after musician assault claim

LONDON -- Renowned British conductor John Eliot Gardiner said Wednesday he is quitting the orchestra he has led for six…

2 months ago

Music Review: Megan Moroney’s charms grow stronger on sophomore album, ‘Am I Okay?’

It begins with the title track: “Am I Okay?” Megan Moroney, a storied student of country music — and an…

2 months ago