Overall, the balance between individual artistry and ensemble unity made for an unforgettable and resonating experience.

As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the symphony orchestra, most commonly in virtuosic concertos. History The piano is a keyboard instrument ...

The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

Christopher Theofanidis’s “Indigo Heaven” was well worth the wait. And between the Theofanidis and Ravel works, Thursday’s ...

They have the unofficial title of 'six concertos for several instruments'. Although the concertos were written across a number of years, they were finally completed in 1721.

The concerto seemed in part designed for the intense energy that leaps off the French violinist’s strings. He played almost nonstop through the three linked movements and seemed to grow more forceful ...

How does a contemporary composer breathe new life into a 450-year-old musical genre? If you’re San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, just add electronics, maracas and hand drums.