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Kevin Bazzana Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. His two books ...

They shared the same birthday —May 7 — but that was about all. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Johannes Brahms simply understood, felt and composed music very differently, and judged each other’s work ...

Conductor Kurt Masur's role in Germany’s reunification has tended to obscure his musical strengths. I'd previously dismissed him as a safe, reliable pair of hands, so exploring this Brahms set was an ...

Johannes Brahms is a funny one in the history of classical music. When you first hear his work it seems older than it is, like he should be further to the left on the following timeline, by birth date ...

On Thursday evening at 7:30, Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, a frequent guest, returns to the Mandel Concert Hall podium at Severance Music Center to lead The Cleveland Orchestra in Johannes Brahms’ ...

For a glimpse of classical music’s future in Seattle, head down to Benaroya Hall this weekend to experience Thomas Dausgaard in action. The Danish conductor is back in town leading the Seattle ...

It must have been quite a moment when Brahms heard the clarinettist play. A seminal moment, for at the age of 57, and seeing the direction music was taking as the younger Modernists began to seize ...

In this regularly updated guide, our critic recommends the best classical and opera releases of the year – and suggests a few to avoid Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...

The Paris-based group’s first disc is a wonderfully detailed recording of Brahms quartets that at times might benefit from a more muscular edge Quatuor Agate owe their name to Brahms – taking it from ...

Our new series continues with Brahms - for some a reactionary, for others a radical, the highly wrought dramas of his symphonies and concertos and the quiet distinction of his chamber works have ...