Virginia executed a condemned killer, Timothy Spencer, in the first case in which DNA testing was used to obtain a conviction ...

Nearly two centuries after the composer's death, DNA extracted from Beethoven's hair has offered scientists a rare glimpse ...

On April 27, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines. In 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote one of his most famous piano compositions, the Bagatelle in ...

A string quartet plays the music of today’s newest emerging composers: incarcerated individuals. A small group of inmates at ...

Beethoven says it’s OK to clap between movements. In fact, he’d have been offended if audiences didn’t — listeners were much ...

When ARTE Germany CEO Wolfgang Bergmann approached Toronto director Larry Weinstein in January 2023 about making a ...

These incredibly rare animals were caught on camera. In 2017, for the first time ever sand cat kittens living in the wild ...

All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended. If you are ...

Join the Princeton Symphony Orchestra as award-winning pianist Sara Davis Buechner performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 ...

This weekend, t Symphony Orchestra is performing a Sibelius doubleheader (a chamber piece and Symphony No. 7) with a ...

Monsieur Chopin Through 5/12: Wed-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 3 and 7:30 PM, Sun 2 and 6 PM; also Wed 4/17 and 5/1 3 PM; Sun 4/21 and 5/5 2 PM only; Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Ct., Glencoe, 847-242-6000, ...