In the 50th anniversary year of Shostakovich's death, the Czech Philharmonic bring two of the composer's greatest works to ...

Since her retirement from the operatic stage was announced in 2017 the great American soprano Renée Fleming has had more ...

Kurt Masur and Semyon Bychkov. He has performed the complete piano works of Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, Janáček, Chopin and Schubert in numerous concerts. His distinctions have been many ...

WALK up Fitzjohn’s Avenue, Hampstead, and at No 59 you’ll see a plaque for the soprano Jennifer Vyvyan which ought to be ...

The ovation that greeted the 1937 premiere of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony lasted over an hour – perhaps fuelled by its agonisingly intense slow movement and the triumphal ending – though its deeper ...

Exactly half a century ago, Semyon Bychkov fled the USSR for the United States as he sought to swap tyranny for liberty. Last ...

The only philosopher in Soviet Russia who spoke in defense of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity and proved that ...

Looking for a romantic soundtrack for Valentine’s Day? Enjoy our live playlist, Romantic Classics on Global Player – one continuous stream of the most indulgent classical music. But for now, let’s ...

Performing together for the first time as a duo at Carnegie Hall, Leonidas Kavakos and Daniil Trifonov crafted a recital that alternated Classical and Romantic masterpieces with a pair of 20th-century ...