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James Conlon led a thrilling performance of the Verdi Reqiuem, one of sweeping power, by turns terrifying, tender, and moving; succeeding brilliantly in bringing the performers together and making a musical and dramatic whole out of a work that is all too easy to fumble.

A big-voice operatic soprano crafts an unforgettable, intimate recital at the Salon of the Hotel Rex

“Body music is the oldest music,” says International Body Music Festival (IBMF) Founder Keith Terry. His fourth annual festival, features six days filled with over 20 presentations of traditional and contemporary Body Music styles from all over the world.

It’s about time for the American composer’s symphonies to be heard again, and the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz does him honor.

El Camino Youth Symphony: Where Soloists Shine A Symphonic Celebration for Day of the Dead CD Release Party at SOTA

The British baritone balances his operatic and recital career with family life and outdoor adventure.

A two-CD set celebrates the bicentennial of Franz Liszt’s birth, revealing threads connecting that visionary to other composers of note.

In its second of three all-Tchaikovsky concerts, the Mariinsky Orchestra shines a revealing light on the Fifth Symphony, giving it both dramatic urgency and ravishing lyricism.

Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky Orchestra, playing two Tchaikovsky symphonies, scrubbed the varnish off the Pathétique and made “Winter Dreams” sound substantial.