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For World Art Day, here are the stories behind the musical masterpieces inspired by visual art.

In the midst of the Oscar awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, classical music has always been a star performer.

From Scarlatti to Elgar to Crumb, composers have found inspiration, and friendship, from their furry friends.

Return to The Exponential Creativity of Adès and the BSOThomas Adès [00:00:01] The Sibelius is his last piece. Very unusually, he then lived for another…

Broad, interconnected thematic programming drives the BSO’s just announced 2025-2026 season, including “E Pluribus Unum,” a kaleidoscopic exploration of American works, “Where Words End: Music and the Natural World,” and “Faith in Our Time,” as well as a celebration of Symphony Hall's 125th birthday.

Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles.

Known for his idiosyncratic, wide-ranging style and the radical politics of his early years, Louis Andriessen had a profound impact on modern music as an uncompromising creator and prominent teacher.

As a new decade approaches, hear 10 extraordinary classical albums well-equipped to propel the music into the future.

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" ~Albert Einstein

"Music is the coordination between Man and Time." – Igor Stravinsky