The conducting legend Sir Georg Solti would have been 100 on Sunday, Oct. 21. Tune in Sunday at 2 pm for a special live tribute broadcast featuring the World Orchestra for Peace led by Valery Gergiev.

In this season of discontent, it can be hard to keep up with the changes so we're introducing Orchestra Watch, a new weekly look at the country’s hotspots.

 Israel's president has recognized Indian-born conductor Zubin Mehta for his contributions to Israeli society.

On Saturday, 142 years after his death, a crowd of about a hundred turned out for the unveiling of a new statue at Louis Moreau Gottschalk's grave in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

New album covers by the pianists Lang Lang and Alessio Bax raise an age-old question pianists face when confronted with a camera: What should they do with their hands?

A job offer for the Tokyo Symphony is delivered after a concert on the way to the airport.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is canceling a fifth week of concerts as contract negotiations with the musicians union remain deadlocked.

Howard H. Scott, a producer known for his recordings of the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, pianist Glenn Gould and violinist Isaac Stern, has died.

Movies on the Radio begins a month-long series devoted to horror film soundtracks that “chill spines.” But just what is it that causes a piece of music to create a tingling in the spine?

The lengths that presenters and orchestras will go to present a piece by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Placido Domingo took time out of his operatic schedule Tuesday night to appear on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."

Across the country, symphony and chamber orchestra executives have cited flat ticket sales and slumping private support as they seek major pay concessions from musicians.

The flutist Claire Chase, bow maker Benoit Rolland and mandolin player Chris Thile are among the recipients of this year's "genius grants."

In 1947, WQXR signed on the New York Yankees to sponsor an hour of symphonic music every afternoon in an attempt to lure baseball fans to classical music.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, started by Kodak founder George Eastman 90 years ago, is facing an operating deficit that could exceed $700,000.

Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is to unveil a new statue that will sit atop the tomb of the composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ratified a three-year labor contract Tuesday morning, ending a two-day strike and clearing the way for next week’s three concerts at Carnegie Hall.