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How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse

A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.

How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse

A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.

For Joan Armatrading, Classical Music Is Just Another Genre

The pioneering singer-songwriter is unveiling her first classical composition, Symphony No. 1, this month.

India’s Early Electronic Music From the ’70s Is Finally Being Released

A trove of tapes discovered in a cupboard at the country’s National Institute of Design showcases artists composing early synth recordings on their own terms.

The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions

With the Sinfonia of London, Wilson has explored the variety of music — light and serious alike — that defined his musical upbringing.

William Byrd: An Essential English Composer for Four Centuries

As the music world celebrates the 400th anniversary of Byrd’s death, it looks back on an artist of nimble styles and stubborn beliefs.

An Opera Partnership’s Next Step: A Fable About Happiness

George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, who collaborated on modern successes including “Written on Skin,” return with the one-act “Picture a Day Like This.”

Elaine Mitchener and the Music of Screams

Elaine Mitchener will draw on a range of extended vocal techniques to give a sensitive portrait of mental illness in the music theater piece “Eight...

Stephen Hough Revisits His Youth, in Playful Fragments

In his new memoir, “Enough: Scenes From Childhood,” Stephen Hough recalls his artistic and sexual coming-of-age with a light touch.

Simeon ten Holt: The Minimalist Composer Who Keeps Getting Left Out

As centenary events celebrate Simeon ten Holt’s work, music historians have questioned his omission from histories of Minimalism, and its focus on American greats.