In San Marino, the New Hollywood String Quartet's annual festival pays tribute to the legendary Hollywood String Quartet with appearances by Leonard Slatkin.

From Beethoven’s aching solo piano works to Tchaikovsky’s swelling ballet themes, here’s our guide to the pieces we think are the perfect place to start, on your journey into classical music.

5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now Contemporary works by JG Thirlwell and Adolphus Hailstork, a Franz Schreker survey and a new recording by Michael Spyres are among the highlights.

Start a conversation about ’90s grunge. The study found fans of the Nirvana classic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and other intense music are higher in neuroticism on average.

Paul Simon has been forced to cancel two shows scheduled for this weekend in Philadelphia due to "intense back pain." In a ...

Guest conductor Klaus Mäkelä guided the Cleveland Orchestra’s powerful performance of 1913’s The Rite of Spring.

That was the idea of having this riff that was gonna be really intense, and probably pretty majestic as well, but quite intriguing.

Have you wondered why you love a particular song or genre of music? The answer may lie in your personality, although other factors also play a role, researchers say.

On their 10th studio album, “Moon Music,” Coldplay continues to explore ways to stay relevant — for better or worse — but there are still moments of the old magic.

Clague Playhouse Production of ‘OPUS’ Is a Calmingly Intense Concert of Words and Music A renowned classical quartet dealing with internal squabbles and personal issues faces a pressure-packed ...