These are just a few of the offbeat techniques and concepts employed by the composers of “Hedda,” “The Testament of Ann Lee,” ...

There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...

For moviegoers of a certain age, there is one musical snippet even more famous than the four opening notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: the deep, bowed strings that announce the arrival of Bruce, ...

Joan Tower's first major orchestral work, Sequoia, from 1981, opens with the boom of a massive gong and a fusillade of deafening cowbells. Like the statuesque redwoods of the title, the music looms ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness ...

Composer-centered stories make for great movies. Whether we can attribute it to the enduring power of their work – "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" as we approach Halloween, Tchaikovsky’s cannonfire in ...

When Harrison Birtwistle died Monday at 87, he became the sixth pioneering composer who came to prominence in the 1960s that we lost in less than nine months. This uncompromising British modernist, ...

The Oscar-winning composer and Zurich Festival career honoree reflects on subtlety, sexism, and creating the signature sound behind 'Joker', 'Tár', and 'Hedda.' By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

What is surprising is the feedback that Bush and Zootopia 2 co-director Byron Howard gave Giacchino when he submitted an original take on music for the movie: “Can it be dumber?” “The most insane ...