Grammy Awards winners Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Ruslan Sirota have collaborated with singer Kshitij Tarey for an international album titled ‘Classical Crossover’. The album is a fusion music ...
"I want to play something for you," said our friend, pushing back from the dinner table and going to the CD player. "Guess what this is." Through the haze of food and wine came angular, jagged, ...
Jo Appleby studied opera for years, won coveted roles in key operas and performed at some of the most revered venues in classical music. Yet this year you’ll hear her soprano on a semi-operatic, ...
Like many art forms, classical music labors under a stigma of popular assumptions that it constantly has to overcome to appear both vibrant and viable. The name "classical" alone imparts an air of ...
Make it big. That seems to be the primary directive in the classical crossover genre. Perhaps your average American isn't going to become a classical music fan, but there's always an appeal to music ...
It used to be you could hazard a safe guess about where musicians were likely to perform from the instruments they played -- drums and eclectic guitars this way, flutes and cellos over yonder. Not any ...
Recent forays into rock by Renee Fleming and classical music by Sting have revived the spotlight on artists crossing from one musical genre to another. But neither opera empress nor pop icon embody ...
Clean Bandit’s latest single “Symphony” looks set to repeat the chart-topping success of “Rockabye” and underline the multimillion appeal of classical crossover. The band’s new song is the ...
When the time came to pick a title for singer Hayley Westenra's debut album, "Pure," more than just her music factored into the decision. According to the 17-year-old New Zealand native, "[the record ...