Many seasonal mainstays have been reimagined for online viewing this year. Here are some of our favorites, from “A Christmas Carol” to Handel’s “Messiah.”
The composer John Luther Adams combines immersive sound worlds with environmental activism.
An exploration of Josephine Baker, an avant-garde trumpeter and the composer John Adams are among the highlights.
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Can’t be with your grandparents? Watch this instead.
“Because of the practice of music, I delve into the inner life of whatever we are. I don’t have any answers, but I keep poking around.”
Protests over police brutality inspired the composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. to write “The Grey Land,” a mono-opera.
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City.
In “A Sound Mind,” the British journalist Paul Morley discovers the wonders of classical music.
A kinetic podium presence, Mr. Vedernikov led performances at major opera houses and orchestras. He died of Covid-19.
David Greilsammer’s new recording charts a fantastical and disorienting adventure through works spanning centuries.
David Greilsammer’s new recording charts a fantastical and disorienting adventure through works spanning centuries.
Under its new artistic director, the cross-cultural music organization will start a project devoted to the transcontinental railroad.
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
Unlike violinists or trumpeters, piano players rarely get to perform on their own instruments and must be adaptable.
Listen to the soaring voices of Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Renée Fleming and others.
A critic tries to review a streamed concert under the decidedly nonideal conditions of 2020.
Nannette Streicher has been marginalized by history, but she was one of Europe’s finest keyboard manufacturers.
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City.
Osvaldo Golijov was one of the most celebrated stars in classical music. Then came a long, unexpected drought.
Xian Zhang, the New Jersey Symphony’s music director, has been busy even in a time of rampant concert cancellations.
The tenor’s new recording of “Die Schöne Müllerin” encompasses that song cycle’s rustic allure and its dark complexities.
Calm your nerves with a meditation guide, a night at the Seattle Symphony and a day among the sea otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Curtis Stewart, a violinist and New Yorker, played surprise performances around the city. The show was part of a program that is bringing Lincoln Center musicians to the city’s streets.
A cartoonist is humbled by the brain power (and finger strength!) needed to play Chopin and Tchaikovsky.