One of the top-10 releases from 2015, Andris Nelsons with the Boston Symphony Orchestra plays Shostakovich's 10th Symphony. Gramophone Magazine named this recent DG release one of the top-10 best of ...

The initial time I heard the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform the politically charged Shostakovich 10th was during the first week of October 1990. The second time was last weekend, the first week of ...

The two works on Thursday’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert could hardly have been more different. First up was the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, music of pastels and scented lace, with ...

Dmitri Shostakovich began work on his Symphony No. 10 just a few weeks after the death of Joseph Stalin. The dictator had at various times denounced and banned Shostakovich’s music, but the composer ...

What was the main attraction for this weekend’s Minnesota Orchestra concerts? Well, that depends when you asked. Up to midweek, the best reason to go was a performance by legendary pianist Andre Watts ...

Thank you for the amazing performance on Sunday. What you did was truly inspirational. When we arrived at Saturday's dress rehearsal, we were told you were not feeling well. Steven filled in nicely at ...