When news circulates of a previously unknown work by a canonical composer, the best response is often to pay no heed. The hype that surrounds such discoveries routinely exaggerates the value of ...

For BalletX and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's latest collab, the Stravinsky classic gets a facelift, complete with a ...

A “long-delayed overhaul” at the St. Petersburg Conservatory has resulted in the rediscovery of an important work by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky after a century-long absence, according ...

Violinist Zvi Zeitlin passed away in 2012. He had started to write his memoirs and planned to include a chapter on his experiences with Igor Stravinsky. He never got to do this, so his widow, Marianne ...

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In 1918, Igor Stravinsky encountered jazz for the first time, when conductor Ernest Ansermet brought some sheet music back to Paris ...

His father died when he was very young. And while Ravi Coltrane now plays jazz, it was his mother's love for a very different kind of music that provided the childhood soundtrack for him and his ...

Stravinsky 50 includes a five-and-half-hour River of Music exploring Stravinsky’s genius with a curated flow of fifty pieces - from celebrated works to lesser-known gems Stravinsky is one of the most ...

Goldfish may be more refined than people give them credit for. A new study shows the fish can distinguish between the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Igor Stravinsky. The study may seem strange, ...

There was huge excitement when a supposedly lost work by Stravinsky was rediscovered in 2015. His Funeral Song was composed in 1908 as a memorial tribute to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov, but as ...