Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Simone Dinnerstein has toured the world as a concert pianist, performing in solo recitals and with top-flight orchestras, premiering new works and even touring the U.S. with a Cuban orchestra. Her new ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If you’ve seen a jazz concert in the Bay Area over the last few decades, there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed Tammy Lynne Hall lording over the piano, coaxing melodies rooted in gospel, jazz, ...

There are arguably more women composers today than ever before, but women composing music is by no means a new phenomenon. Why do we so rarely hear music by celebrated women composers of earlier eras?

Based on Wladyslaw Szpilman‘s extraordinary internationally bestselling memoir, this landmark new production, adapted and directed by the acclaimed Thom Southerland (Titanic the Musical), brings one ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Hunter Noack, a classical pianist, has been taking his instrument far beyond the concert halls.Credit...Alex Hecht for The New York Times Supported by By Sopan Deb Visuals by ...

Alfred Brendel, the thoughtful Austrian pianist who focused on the classics, has died. A statement from his representative said that Brendel passed peacefully on Tuesday morning at his home in London, ...

The Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced that it will host a live piano performance ...