NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...

Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste is set to release his first solo piano album, titled “Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1),” on Nov. 15. This album is a unique blend of classical and ...

A portrait of Beethoven by Joseph Willibrord Mähler, a friend of the composer, painted during 1804-1805. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770, and so it's little surprise that 250 years ...

If you read about John Lennon’s songwriting methods, you realize he got ideas from everywhere. For what became his least favorite Beatles song, John used a line from an Elvis hit as a ...

The final sonatas were originally recorded and released in 2013. I'd forgotten how strong these performances are, especially given Levit’s tender years. No. 29’s opening glitters, the last movement’s ...

Thirty years ago this month, three Palm Beach County orchestral musicians stepped out onto Stage West at the Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth and inaugurated a summer series of chamber music. Because all ...

Pianist Pamela Howland of Winston-Salem has combined Beethoven and Christmas carols for her new Christmas CD. “Christmas With Beethoven,” released Nov. 1, features nine classic Christmas carols that ...

Think some things are so beloved and essential to Western civilization they can’t be canceled? Think again. If there’s anything we should have learned from months of “mostly peaceful” Black Lives ...