Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. The primary duties of the conductor are to set the tempo, ensure correct entries by various members ...

Sir Roger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was a leading figure in the period-instrument movement and a vigorous and often ...

Conductor Christopher Hogwood, who pioneered the performance of music by 18th-Century composers such as Bach and Handel on historically authentic instruments, died Wednesday. He was 73.

“Macbeth” and Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” were presented by Teatro Nuovo last weekend at Montclair State’s Kasser Theater in ...

The Venezuelan conductor created a unlikely orchestra for young refugees and asylum-seekers, despite the fact that members spoke different languages and some had never played an instrument.