Talking about his decades of working with orchestras around the world, conductor Farkhad Khudyev’s opening words are simple and direct: “Music has always been my best friend.” The State Music School ...

Were one to arrive at the theater an hour before a symphony orchestra concert, one would notice a great deal of diversity on stage. One would encounter the symphony’s diverse instruments warming up ...

Pachamama—the Inca-Quechua word for Mother Earth—meets Beethoven in composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s piece Pachamama Meets an Ode. Inspired by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the work reflects on the ideals ...