Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

Happy New Year, Essential Arts readers! 2025 is already shaping up to be a feast of a year in terms of arts and culture in Southern California, and we here at The Times are ready to eat up. Here are ...

At the opera, my highlights of 2025 included Washington National Opera’s winning “ Porgy and Bess ,” a revival of artistic ...

The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus plus guest choirs will present thirteen Holiday Concerts with guest conductor Sarah Hicks ...

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Hello, this is Times music critic Mark Swed. After spending some quiet moments over the Memorial Day weekend perusing Apple Music Classical, I’m filling in for the Essential Arts’ essential Carolina A ...

Come autumn, the forces of classical music programming emerge with full force in Santa Barbara after the traditional summer lull and simmer (with the exception of the summer festival from Music ...

All Classical Radio is inviting community members to the public grand opening of its new Media Arts Center and broadcasting headquarters at KOIN Tower in downtown Portland. The free and festive public ...

A holiday album that cuts through seasonal glut, a late collaboration by Jim McNeely and Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets ...

Learn about the history, and future, of the musical art form. Devesh Chandra started playing the tabla (Indian hand drums) at age three, learning from the sounds of Northern Indian classical music ...

Discover the best things to eat, drink, and do in Houston with our expertly curated city guides. Explore the Houston City Guide In the fall of 2008, a month after Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas, ...