As legend has it, the term "third stream" was invented by Gunther Schuller in 1957, to prevent jazz and classical fans from resenting incursions onto their turf by the other side. This new musical ...

Since the pandemic began, playwright-pianist-performer Hershey Felder has been using his time off the road turning many of his well-traveled solo plays about famous composers into increasingly ...

Critics love to complain that older superstars are just a shadow of their former selves. Sometimes, the point is well taken. Their technique and golden tone have declined. Their repertoire is trite ...

The final stage of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw has always roused strong emotions, often leading to disagreements between the audience and the jury, but this year's ...

At his Merrill Auditorium recital on Saturday afternoon, pianist Emanuel Ax played the kind of thoughtfully conceived program that has become his hallmark over a 40-plus-year career. True, if you give ...