But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

Learn about the history, and future, of the musical art form. Devesh Chandra started playing the tabla (Indian hand drums) at age three, learning from the sounds of Northern Indian classical music ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by As the world added decibels, so did orchestras. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim In 1813, Beethoven wrote a symphonic work so noisy and trite that most ...