5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

Works by Philip Glass and Bohuslav Martinu, as well as performances by Daniil Trifonov and Jonas Kaufmann, are among the ...

TwoSet Violin pulls a young, enthusiastic audience to Symphony Center: ‘Classical music can compete with brainrot’

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy ...
Cleveland Scene

Halloween Spooktacular at Severance and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Weekend

And All Hallows’ Eve will arrive early for The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Philharmonic, who will open the doors of ...

Hip-hop meets classical in Black Violin’s musical mix at Jones Hall

Black Violin is the modern incarnation of that simple, but constant, drive to perform. “It’s hard to come from humble beginnings, so when they offer to pay, you to come,” says violinist Kev Murphy. “I ...
Your Observer

A contemporary classical music troupe grows in Sarasota

Helping Bennett and Nickson bring contemporary classical music to Sarasota are key collaborators such as percussionist Mike ...
The Day

Black Violin fuses classical and hip-hop at the Garde

In 2018, I interviewed Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste of the classical crossover duo Black Violin. He acknowledged that, in 2004, when he and bandmate/childhood pal Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester founded the ...

TAKE3 to mix classical with rock Wednesday

Classic rock will rub elbows with, well, classic classical music, Wednesday evening at the Wallenstien Theater. TAKE3's show "Where Rock Meets Bach" will mix Vivaldi with AC/DC and Bizet with Imagine ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Versatile Violinist: UNCSA student Maura Shawn Scanlin excels in classic violin and Scottish fiddle.

Violinist Maura Shawn Scanlin is at home in many musical worlds. At UNC School of the Arts, she’s a high school senior studying classical violin with instructor Sarah Johnson, and she’s developing ...