Classical Music

When classical musicians are at home, do they go around dressed in their tuxedoes and evening gowns? Do they do nothing except practice their instruments…

The repertoire of Frédéric Chopin is widely considered among the most challenging for pianists to tackle. And for nine days, beginning Feb. 22, young…

If only one titan, Atlas, could support the Earth on his shoulders, for two together would even the sky be the limit?The 20th century experienced just…

Soprano Sandra Lopez — who is returning to South Florida in the Florida Grand Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” — has a story not many performers can tell.She…

Think chamber music is only for folks who drink tea with their pinky fingers up?Balderdash.A classical music power couple are inviting South Floridians to…

Watching the news that morning, Julie Giroux was devastated. She stared at her partner of 20 years and said, “I don’t want our anniversary on this…

New World Symphony is holding its season opener by going “off the wall” in grand fashion.The concert this coming Saturday, October 12 will mark the…

When he was younger, Gerard Schwarz's mother told him she had dreams he would one day be the conductor of a major orchestra. He started playing piano as a…

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Like many Venezuelan expats living in South Florida, Kendall resident Paola Berriros still has family and friends suffering under the authoritarian regime…

It's common for many young musicians to join a youth orchestra for a variety of reasons: some join for performance experience that might help snag a…

The South Florida Symphony Orchestra's Maestra Sebrina Alfonso is bringing the groundbreaking George Gershwin 1930s opera “Porgy and Bess” to the region…