But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

The Union Cabinet expands India's Classical Languages list to 11, adding Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. This move is seen as both a recognition of cultural heritage and a political ...

When someone talks about the classical language, they don't refer to the raags or taals of Indian classical music. Instead, they typically refer to ancient languages like Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit, ...

With the biennial Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival concerts comes a need to sharpen one's grasp of critical musical language. Certain terms appear frequently on musical scores and ...

Languages recognised as 'classical' receive several benefits from the government. (Representational) The Union Cabinet has granted classical language status to five additional Indian languages: ...

What is classical music’s place today? Will there still be an engaged audience for repertoires of the past centuries? The conductor, Leon Botstein, didn’t seem to hold high expectations for The ...