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An explosion of harmonies and dynamism will be presented alongside three dramatic works of visual art for an immersive experience in “Baroque Maximalism in Art and Music,” an event in dialogue with ...

Michael’s stirring performance caused star pianist Lang Lang to describe him as “a new Bach” on the hit Channel 4 series, ‘The Piano’. One of those hopefuls was 23-year-old Michael Howell, a recent ...

The Federated Music Teachers Association of the Quad-Cities held its 23rd annual Baroque Piano Competition on Dec. 2 at Foster Family Music, Bettendorf. Finalists were chosen by taped audition to ...

The name “Twelfth Night” may at first conjure up Shakespeare’s festive and lively comic play, not the baroque ensemble of the same name. But the musicians don’t mind — that’s the point. Violinist ...

Since 1987, Suzanne Bona has been delighting audiences each weekend with her program, “Sunday Baroque,” presenting music from roughly the years 1600-1750 in a radio setting that’s about enjoying the ...

American composer Nico Muhly was a big fan of French pianist Alexandre Tharaud when they met via social media through their mutual friend, choreographer-dancer Benjamin Millepied. Resulting from that ...

The fusion of jazz, baroque piano, vocals and traditional Central African and Middle Eastern rhythms might sound like an ambitious overreach, with too many influences competing for space. Yet Afro ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The baroque period in music stretches from the invention of opera around 1600 to the death of J.S. Bach ...

The Christmas concert season in New Orleans comes to a close this evening in the Ursuline Convent’s St. Mary’s Church in the French Quarter, when Lyrica Baroque, a five-member chamber music group, ...