Happy New Year, Essential Arts readers! 2025 is already shaping up to be a feast of a year in terms of arts and culture in Southern California, and we here at The Times are ready to eat up. Here are ...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is performing Bach’s Mass in B Minor, one of history’s most complex choral works.

There’s more Mozart on tap around town this spring than even the most devoted Mozartian could catch. The same, more or less, goes for fans of Mendelssohn and Verdi. Puccini, too. Yet none of those ...

Hello, this is Times music critic Mark Swed. After spending some quiet moments over the Memorial Day weekend perusing Apple Music Classical, I’m filling in for the Essential Arts’ essential Carolina A ...

Among the ranks of classical musicians leaving the United States, there will soon be another name: Lidiya Yankovskaya, the former Chicago Opera Theater music director who is a familiar presence on the ...

Come autumn, the forces of classical music programming emerge with full force in Santa Barbara after the traditional summer lull and simmer (with the exception of the summer festival from Music ...

Given that San Diego’s classical music scene has a wealth of thoughtful curators, savvy presenters, welcoming venues and excellent musicians, choosing only 10 top concert picks is no easy task. Here ...

Some of this fall’s most recommended classical music shows feature music inspired by stories and voices lost to or neglected by history – including, but not limited to, women. Fortunately, the genre ...

Subramanian is a technology executive and classic music teacher. She lives in Carmel Valley. One of my earliest childhood memories is of listening to and learning the South Indian classical music ...

Klaus Mäkelä won’t officially assume the reins of the Chicago Symphony until next fall, but the phenom conductor is already busy, leading concerts, overseeing auditions and taking the ensemble on tour ...

For many listeners, classical music conjures up images of old men in powdered wigs, ballerinas in swan-like tutus, perhaps even a season or two of Bridgerton. The origins of classical music are rooted ...

The Spring-into-Summer offerings this year in the classical realm are as rich, diverse, and extensive as ever. There’s even a WorldPride-affiliated event here and there, including a two-day festival ...