Sometimes you have to wait a long time for success. In the case of the 18th-century Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, it took 200 years. The wait, however, was well worth it. His biggest hit, the ...

MOZART: String Quartets in D, K. 575; in B-flat, K. 589 and in F, K. 590. The Emerson Quartet. Sony 869793589-2. From the dolce beginning of K. 575, one knows that something special is happening. The ...

Taichi Fukumura came into his first year of college with lofty aspirations. A violin performance student at Boston University with a desire to conduct, he created Accompanietta — a student, ...

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts' 2006-07 season is set to open Sept. 22 with Bo Diddley and Friends, followed over the next nine days by tap dancer Savion Glover, pianist Vassily Primakov, the ...

The bassoon will be the protagonist of Wednesday evening at 7pm in the Sassu Hall of the “Luigi Canepa” Conservatory of Sassari. The sextet of the Hexagon Ensemble is made up of Claudio Lambroni ...

The Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra performed for a nearly sold-out crowd in its final concert of the season. The symphony performed two works, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and Mozart's Symphony ...

New Jersey Symphony musicians take center stage for works by Mozart and Vivaldi led by Music Director Xian Zhang, June 2-5. Associate Concertmaster Brennan Sweet and Assistant Principal Viola Elzbieta ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Picture: Classic FM John Suchet plays a track from ...

Ron Arden will direct works written by Mozart, Vivaldi and Brahms, whom he calls three classical music giants, at the Lake County Symphony Orchestra’s Feb. 23 concert. The orchestra plays a variety of ...