NEW YORK — Conrad Tao, the 24-year-old composer and brilliant pianist, charmingly admitted earlier this year that he didn’t know Bruckner’s sprawling Symphony No. 8 when he was asked by the New York ...

Speaking to the Tribune in December, Chicago Symphony composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery teasingly called 2024, the last year of her Chicago Symphony residency, her “year of percussion.” And oh, ...

When the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner finished writing his Third Symphony in 1873, he dedicated it to Richard Wagner, the creator of the monumental Ring cycle and arguably the preeminent figure in ...

The music of composer Anton Bruckner foreshadowed the sweeping styles of John Williams’ sci-fi symphonies. The New Mexico Philharmonic’s opening Power Concert on Sunday, Oct. 13, will showcase ...

Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...

Seven conductors share what it’s like to lead Anton Bruckner’s monumental symphonies, and why they resonate today. By David Allen Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at ...

Sometimes an orchestra concert is just a collection of good music. Sometimes, there’s a theme or progression or momentum. And, sometimes, a concert can become an almost magical conversation between ...

There’s something timeless about a stadium anthem inspired by Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony emanating from the speakers at the soccer match in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium. The famous riff, which plays ...