A conversation with Maestro Kazuki Yamada about his Houston Symphony debut, and with cellist Brinton Averil Smith about a very special concerto that he’s performing. “Say ‘Castelnuovo-Tedesco’!” – ...

An international conference entitled "Music Between Nation and Form: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and the Boundaries of Italianita" combined modernist musical performances with the historical context of ...

1 Kennedy Center Responds To Philip Glass Symphony Premiere Cancellation Acclaimed cellist Smith performs the virtuoso concerto inspired by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. With its rare beauty and warmth ...

Yang/SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg/de Boer The two violin concertos by the Italian-Jewish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, though written less than a decade apart, are very ...

Many performers feel an obligation to program the music of living composers. Others feel an obligation, or at least a strong desire, to program the music of past composers who have been left under a ...

The latest instalment of Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez's exploration of the 20th-century violin and piano repertory focuses on two figures from inter-war Italy. Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) was ...

The first Parkening International Guitar Competition wrapped up in Malibu, California, this month. There were several noteworthy performances, including one in the final round by the eventual Silver ...

An aspiring musician chases his Hollywood dreams under the tutelage of composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in Adam Cushman’s modest drama. The expert in question in “The Maestro” is famed composer ...

Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi are in NPR's Studio 4A, to play music by Gabriel Faure later in the hour. But first, here's a take-off on Rossini from one of their recordings. Shaham and ...