Composer Max Richter doesn’t want a boisterous standing ovation or to hear loud cheers during the live performance of his album, “Sleep.” He prefers the quiet sounds of breathing – or even a bit of ...

If classical music really sounded as it’s described in radio ads, its composers would have fallen asleep while writing it. “You’ve found an oasis – a place where you can get away from all the ...

Jennifer Gersten, a doctoral student in violin performance at Stony Brook University, is an editor at Guernica and the winner of the 2018 Rubin Prize for Music Criticism. Follow @jenwgersten Let the ...