Classical music artist Xavier Foley will perform Wednesday, Feb. 7, in a free recital at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Foley is known for communicating his virtuosity and passion for music ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A classical ensemble commences a sleek symphony; strings, woodwind and brass sections entwine — then a storming ...

Charlie Burrell’s big left hand cradles the neck of the upright bass like a baby, his right hand coaxing a cascade of notes from the instrument’s wooden belly: alternately popping and loping across ...

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...

This is FRESH AIR. Bass-baritone Paul Robeson was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century, and also one of the most controversial. He died in 1976 at the age of 77, leaving a huge imprint ...

What a superb cover image for the last recording by Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024). Pollini ‘père’ is seated at the piano, backlit. His son Daniele (b.1978) stands behind him, looking over his shoulder.

If you’re in the market for a bassist capable of tackling anything from angular post-punk to the Swedish prog rock to the virtuoso smorgasbord of Steve Hackett, you needn’t look further than Jonas ...

Isaac Mingus originally wanted to follow his father and study the clarinet when he was a kid. But his Pine View Orchestra director told him that with a name like Mingus – as in the jazz great Charlie ...

FORT WORTH--All right, Fort Worthians, it's time to step up and do something good and important for your town: support your Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Facing funding challenges, the orchestra's ...

John Murray is an up-and-coming bassist who attends the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory at Liberty Station alongside studies at the School of Creative and Performing Arts in Paradise Hills. He is 13 ...