TwoSet Violin pulls a young, enthusiastic audience to Symphony Center: ‘Classical music can compete with brainrot’

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy ...

30 pieces of classical music to listen to in your lunch break

You have a spare 30 minutes during your work day. Rather than just bolting a sandwich and scrolling through your X feed, why not sit back and let a beautiful piece of classical music soothe your soul?

5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

Works by Philip Glass and Bohuslav Martinu, as well as performances by Daniil Trifonov and Jonas Kaufmann, are among the ...
Women's Wear Daily

Charlie Siem Releases New Classical Album, ‘Between the Clouds’

The album concludes on a different note, with an homage to English composer Benjamin Britten. They recorded the album at Snape Maltings, a concert hall on the East Coast of England, where Britten ...
The Harvard Crimson

TwoSet Violin Review: A Comedic, Innovative Intervention for Classical Music

On the evening of Sept. 26, crowds of people gathered in Symphony Hall in anticipation of the sold-out Boston leg of the TwoSet Violin World Tour 2023/24. TwoSet Violin — a hilarious Australian comedy ...
The New York Times

Poking Fun at Classical Music, With Wigs, Hula-Hoops and Puns

After 11 years, Eddy Chen and Brett Yang are moving on from their beloved, enormously popular comedy duo TwoSet Violin. Credit... Supported by By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by Andre ...
The Inlander

Lindsey Stirling marries classical violin, dubstep beats, dance and more for a musical offering all her own

Picture a classical concert violinist. What images does your imagination evoke? Let's get obvious givens out of the way: a dazzling light show, rock guitars, fantastical choreographed numbers, aerial ...
WKAR

Musical duo Black Violin on blending hip-hop with classical music: 'Be who you are'

When you think of classical music, chances are you don’t often think of an underlying hip-hop beat. That's where two musicians, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus come in. The pair has been blending hip-hop ...

Artie’s ensemble keeps Bengaluru tuned to Western classical music

The group, which has performed often in Bengaluru, returned to the city for the International Music and Arts Society’s golden ...

Hip-hop meets classical in Black Violin’s musical mix at Jones Hall

Black Violin is the modern incarnation of that simple, but constant, drive to perform. “It’s hard to come from humble ...
NPR

'The Violin Conspiracy' shows what it can be like to play classical music while Black

Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...
Fast Company

How classical music can save your life—or at least be a meaningful part of it

As New Yorkers retreated to their homes to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, Clemency Burton-Hill, then 38, was waking up from a 17-day coma. The creative director of New York Public Radio’s ...