The Detroit Symphony has suspended the remainder of its performance season after striking musicians rejected the latest contract offer on Saturday. No further meetings with management have been scheduled.

One of the major operatic events of the international calendar opens this week in London: Anna Nicole, the opera by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Richard Thomas. Would you see it if it came to New York?

The Metropolitan Opera announced its 2011-12 season on Wednesday. Amid plans for the second two installments of Robert Lepage's Ring cycle and a World War II-era Faust, the big news to emerge was from the podium.

Young Concert Artists has been such a fixture on the classical music landscape for so long, it’s easy to lose track of its milestones: creating the debut recitals and tours for pianists like Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Tokyo String Quartet and Dawn Upshaw.

Frédéric Chopin suffered from a variety of health problems, but one may have been overlooked until now: Temporal-lobe epilepsy. Recently published research offers a new development in the ongoing quest to diagnose the Polish composer.

Days after undergoing emergency surgery, Riccardo Muti has won Grammy Awards in the Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance categories for his recording of the Verdi Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The Yale Glee Club is celebrating its 150th anniversary this weekend. Alumna Naomi Lewin returned to her alma mater to speak to fellow glee club members and trace the history of the group, its camaraderie and choral arrangements over a diverse repertoire.

Throughout February, we're honoring Black History Month with selections from the WQXR archives that recognize African American artists. In this 2002 interview, the late host George Jellinek sits down with star mezzo Grace Bumbry.

In honor of Black History Month, we're featuring selections from the WQXR archive with great African American artists. Here the late host George Jellinek reaches into his own vaults for a 1996 RCA Victor-produced interview with Leontyne Price.

Listening to classical music is frequently a social activity and even a romantic one. But not everyone agrees on which type of experience can best spark feelings of passion. Take our poll.

The New York Pops and American Airlines announced a new deal that will have the country's largest independent pops orchestra streaming on American's inflight channels.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti sustained "multiple facial and jaw fractures" last week in a fall from the podium. "It's a wait and see situation," said an orchestra spokeswoman.

The New York Philharmonic have announced a 2011-12 season that includes a Beethoven symphony cycle, a new residency by violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann and a nomadic touring schedule.

The prize is a gift certificate to Le Perigord and two tickets for Il Giardino Armonico at Zankel Hall.

Everyone knows that classical music fans are born romantics. In advance of Valentine's Day, we want to hear your personal story. Tell us how classical music has added romance to your life.

Enter to win a gift certificate for two to the restaurant Le Perigord and tickets to hear the early-music ensemble Il Giardino Armonico at Zankel Hall on Feb. 24.

New York state Senator Carl Kruger has introduced legislation to make it illegal to use an electronic device while crossing a city street on foot. What do you think about the practice of walking and listening to classical music? Take our poll.

Today, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will give the premiere of Jake Heggie's song cycle The Breaking Waves. Check out a series of photos that DiDonato took that were inspired by Heggie's music.

Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, died on Sunday. He was the subject of these two special shows with David Garland in the early 1990s.

The lights have gone down at the Cairo Opera House, one of the African continent's most celebrated venues for classical and contemporary music, as unrest in Egypt continues.