In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

When you're in a world-class chamber group like The Calidore String Quartet in Delaware, each instrument carries a colorful story.

Romania’s national music education program BeatAgora has launched 1 Minute Orchestra, an online contest encouraging students ...

Derek Trucks talks playing Jerry Garcia's $12 million 'Tiger' guitar, and Bobby Tseitlin tells us about winning it at the Jim Irsay auction.

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

Antranig Kzirian, an accomplished oud performer, attorney, educator and lifelong community activist, delivered an illuminating lecture at the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community Center on Armenian ...

The Christie’s Jim Irsay Collection auction delivered major results across music, literature, and sports collectibles.

A viol consort and a study of Black Spirituals. Backing up... a viol? If you're unfamiliar with the instrument, it's for a good reason. The entire viola da gamba family of instruments died out ...

This week, the New Jersey Symphony released their planned schedule for next season — while quickly revising this week’s long planned concert series. The classical music world carefully programs ...

A new Met Opera production of “Tristan und Isolde” uses Wagner’s rare wooden horn, the holztrompete, for a key offstage moment ...

The West Stockbridge Chamber Players will perform a program of chamber works at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, at Old Town Hall. The concert will raise money for ...

MIT researchers recreate ancient musical instruments using CT scans and 3D technology, allowing audiences to hear sounds from centuries ago.