Multi-CD surveys devoted to Herbert von Karajan, Pierre Boulez and Steve Reich are among the year’s finest classical-music offerings.

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When you think of Indian classical music, you probably don't expect to hear beat box, or strains of jazz, and even rock. But that's exactly what Nistha Raj is all about. The violinist is mixing ...

What in the world is SoundBox? That very question was on the minds of the fans who lined up Saturday night, along Franklin Street, for a first glimpse of San Francisco Symphony’s new performance space ...

The line forms at twilight outside of an empty San Francisco warehouse. Tickets are scanned as guests walk through a dimly lit passageway leading to a bar. But the 500 or so people are not waiting for ...

He is performing in Mumbai as part of his multi-sensory and immersive multi-city tour Sitar for Mental Health New York-based sitar player Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, the last disciple of late sitar ...

Some recommended classical boxed sets for gift-givers and receivers this holiday season: “The Leonard Bernstein Collection: Volume One” (Deutsche Grammophon, 60 CDs and DVD, $241.64): Perhaps no ...

There’s something wonderful about classical music—certainly in its form as recorded music—having become a commodity: It is more easily available than ever before, in greater variety than ever before, ...

Shopping for the classical music aficionado can be remarkably difficult. In another person’s record collection, an outsider has little of hope of spotting or filling key gaps. This year, however, the ...

In major U.S cities, symphony orchestras face financial problems. But there are bright notes in dark times. For example, the Metropolitan Opera has begun live broadcasts of its operas in movie ...