A mainstay of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he also composed music that elevated overlooked instruments like the timpani. By Javier C. Hernández Lamenting the abundance of what he called “rat-a-tat, ...

Says German Conductor Hermann Scherchen: “I enjoy doing what other conductors don’t want to do or can’t do.” Known to U.S. listeners—from his records only—as a master of the classical repertory, he is ...

Jessica Bejarano is the founder and music director of the San Francisco Philharmonic, an orchestra she built with a vision of ...

James Jacobson is Principal Timpanist of the Richmond Symphony and Percussion Coordinator of the AIMS Summer Festival in Graz, Austria. He was Acting Principal Timpanist of the Hawaii Symphony ...

Chicago’s Ravinia Park music festival looked like an Eastern bazaar. Strewn around the stage one evening last week were 47 pieces of Western and Ori ental hardware: four full-grown timpani, four ...

When Morihiko Nakahara walked onstage at the Koger Center for the Arts Oct. 18, he kicked off an auspicious season for the SC Philharmonic, the 50-plus piece orchestra Nakahara conducts and serves as ...

Alan Gilbert grew up with the New York Philharmonic in his blood. He is the son of two Philharmonic musicians: His father played violin with the orchestra for 30 years, and his mother is a longtime ...