TALLINN Music Week draws a young crowd. One imagines that they might listen to techno, R&B or jazz in their spare time; they do not seem like the types typically found in a classical concert hall.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Modern and contemporary classical music, at least a good deal of it, is a problem for many listeners, to put it mildly. Some reject it outright, resistant to it before the get-go. Others are merely ...

Whether you have a favorite seat at the symphony or you aren’t quite sure of the difference between a violin and a viola, the sound of contemporary classical music can elicit feelings of discomfort.

American pianist and composer Chloe Flower is on a mission to get young people into classical music. She’s doing it by ...

Fergal Dowling, director of the Music Current festival, is helping me understand contemporary classical music while pop music blares through the speakers of a north Dublin cafe. I’m not totally ...

With Boston's wealth of major universities and conservatories, it's no surprise we live in a city brimming with living composers, some of whom have had music in publication for decades, and others ...

For more than 25 years, New York–based architect Robert A.M. Stern has designed buildings that seamlessly fit into—and enrich—the Manhattan skyline. There’s the famous limestone 15 Central Park West, ...