The Memorial Classical Music Series presents a salon-style house violin & piano duo concert featuring quite romantic music by Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Cecile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Germaine ...

Germany is perceived as a “country of music”. The reason lies in its cultural heritage and the concentration of orchestras, choirs, opera and concert halls, festivals, and education and advanced ...

Wausau native Gloria Coates, a prolific classical music composer who wrote unorthodox and dynamic symphonies, died Aug. 19 in Munich, Germany. She was 89. She was diagnosed with an inoperable form of ...

The German Music Council, the largest national umbrella organisation within the public and intermediary music sectors, is a driving force in Germany's flourishing musical landscape.When it comes to ...

I found the energy and the sense of fulfilment from music-making which every section of the orchestra conveyed irresistible. Holst’s The Planets showed, among many virtues, quite how strong German ...

A leading composer and conductor of opera in Germany, Manfred Gurlitt’s Jewish ancestry led to his music being banned. Emigrating to Japan, Gurlitt became a pioneer of opera and Western classical ...