There were quite a few Anglos in the jam-packed audience. The pianist parried the protest with aplomb, and a winning smile, ...

After the pianist, Vikingur Olafsson, asked for a concerto over beers, the composer, John Adams, wrote “After the Fall,” ...

All that’s after intermission. The concert opening belongs to the international touring star Midori, playing Jean Sibelius’ ...

Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...

David Robertson, conducting the world premiere of John Adams’ piano concerto “After the Fall” in Davies Symphony Hall this ...

While America was struggling to define its independence in the late 1700s, the upper echelons of European society were ...

In his 14 seasons as concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, David Coucheron has performed Beethoven’s music more times than he can remember. But ask about his first experience with the ...

The 27-year-old musician Alexandre Kantorow has rapidly received worldwide attention. That hasn’t changed his approach to ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude in C Minor packs a speedy punch with its rich, complex, repetitive layers. That piece is not unlike the work of the Bay Area’s John Adams, one of the most influential ...