Category: Music

How A.I. Has Changed Music, and What’s Coming Next

Artificial intelligence has become the dominant disrupter to music creation and distribution. And it’s only getting started.
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

John Adams’s opera “Girls of the Golden West,” a recital program by Barbara Hannigan and a collection of Elgar symphonies are among the highlights.
Amid Orchestral Waves, the Sound of Cultures Conversing

“Natural History,” performed in Cincinnati, is a collaboration between the composer Michael Gordon and the Native American ensemble Steiger Butte Drum.
A Celebration of Frank London’s Music Will Be Missing One Thing: Him

The trumpeter, composer and bandleader who helped revitalize klezmer is battling cancer. But his work hasn’t slowed, and his longtime associates are rallying around him.
Florentina Holzinger Brings Roller-Skating Nuns to the Opera House

The choreographer Florentina Holzinger’s shows feature circus performers and abundant nudity. Now, she’s bringing her experimental approach to opera.
Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic

He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.
Memo to Orchestras: Do More Opera

The Cleveland Orchestra’s staging of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” was a reminder that ensembles can help fill the gap as opera grows harder to find.
She Landed One of Music’s Great Gigs, but First Came Boot Camp

Premier military bands offer rare stability for classical musicians, who consider them a strong alternative to traditional orchestras. But signing up means shipping out.
Richard Sherman, Songwriter of Many Spoonfuls of Sugar, Dies at 95

He and his brother, Robert, teamed up to write the songs for “Mary Poppins” and other Disney classics. They also gave the world “It’s a Small World (After All).”
10 Artists on Living and Creating Through Grief

Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.
The Emails at the Heart of the Government’s Ticketmaster Case

Live Nation Entertainment, which owns Ticketmaster, is accused of violating antitrust laws. The Justice Department drew on the concert behemoth’s internal communications in its lawsuit.
U.S. Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster Owner, Live Nation

Accused of violating antitrust laws, Live Nation Entertainment faces a fight that could reshape the multibillion-dollar live music industry.