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Improvisation is a skill once prized by classical composers over a century ago. Thomas Fedorchik wants to bring it back.

With plenty of humor, the octogenarian talks about her far-reaching career — including why she fled the modernist school of composers — and some mysterious visitations from her dead heroes.

Edna Alejandra Longoria draws on her roots in the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico as she writes music for ensembles like San Antonio's Classical Music Institute and soloists across the country.

This concert, 'The Apotheosis of Dance,' was performed in December 2022 at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and features four pieces notable for their dance rhythms.

The Icelandic composer talks about the creative forces behind her distinctive music, her presence in the movie Tár and the "dome of energy" that fuels her country's artistic productivity.

Starting in 2017, musician and composer Osvaldo Golijov began writing a musical interpretation and first performed it in 2019 on a small stage with the Silk Road Ensemble.

On her new album, Dark with Excessive Bright, the vibrant, young composer coaxes unusual sounds from a symphony orchestra.

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra about balancing her roots, her craft and the shifting field of classical music.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such "The Phantom of the Opera'' and "Evita,'' has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation.

The songwriter and singer, who cemented his prominence with hits like "Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk on By," died Wednesday of natural causes.