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Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was always searching for new timbres of instrumental sound.

Kaija Saariaho, the composer who explored color and light, has died at age 70

Saariaho, who battled a male-dominated educational system in her native Finland, forged a strong and singular voice in contemporary music.

Leonard Bernstein's "Kaddish," a Living Requiem

One of Leonard Bernstein’s most deeply personal works continues to be as relevant today as it ever was, even being quoted in a recent speech by the US Secretary of State.

Hauschka's prepared piano is a layered canvas of sounds in new album

On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.

'Maestro' chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conduct

Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.

From opera to breakdancing and back again: Jakub Józef Orliński fuses two worlds

Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński talks about his new album with Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra.

Classical Music Honors Veterans

Composers have offered many notes of thanks to veterans through the years.

Comic panel of a colonial-era man wearing over-the-ear headphones connected to a Walkman in his hand. Behind him, three other colonnial-era men stand by a table, holding a feather quill pen.

America's First Composer! (Sorta...)

Meet Founding Father Francis Hopkinson, America's First Composer! (Maybe!)

A stylized graphic with dark green and black accents interweaves the flower on the album cover of David Shapiro's "Sumptuous Planet" with a photo of the choir The Crossing, posed in front of a forest.

This Just In: David Shapiro's "Sumptuous Planet (A Secular Mass)"

The words of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and theoretical physicist Richard Feynman introduce a secular twist to the choral mass format in David Shapiro’s Sumptuous Planet Mass, brought to life by the Philadelphia-based choral ensemble The Crossing.

Sidney Outlaw, who sings the title role in Boston Baroque's "Don Giovanni"

The Character of the Characters in Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

Later this month, Boston Baroque, led by Martin Pearlman, will present Mozart’s incredible "Don Giovanni" in a fully staged production. In anticipation of the performances, General Manager of GBH Music and author of the novel "Imagining Don Giovanni" Anthony Rudel takes a closer look at the opera’s characters and the men who created them.

The string quartet members stand on a old, grand spiral staircase surrounded by red velvet and glossy wood. Three of the members wear long, blue evening gowns, and one wears a navy suit with a blue tie. They hold their instruments and smile at the camera.

On Tour with the Ulysses Quartet and Boston Public Schools

Eight days. Four different schools. Over 1,800 students. And one extraordinary string quartet.

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