The New Orleans International Piano Competition has raised the stakes for its 30th edition, which promises an experience as ...

Billy Joel is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, yet the legendary performer revealed that he hadn't ...

Billy Joel is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, yet the legendary performer revealed that he hadn't penned an album since the release of his 12th album, River of Dreams, in ...

Billy Joel says he stopped writing rock albums after River of Dreams because he felt done and didn’t want to dilute his ...

Joe Hisaishi got famous writing the soundtracks to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli films. Now he is focusing on his first love ...

Experience an easy and enjoyable way to learn Fur Elise with this beginner-friendly piano tutorial. Designed for new players, ...

A fun, flexible way to build skills.

From July 2-19, 2026, the Newport Classical Music Festival will again turn this “City by the Sea” into a summer destination for music lovers, featuring 30 concerts across 11 unforgettable venues, from ...

The Lestat we meet in season one of Interview With The Vampire is already a performer: An accomplished pianist, a commedia dell’arte harlequin, an opera connoisseur whose perfectionism leads him to ...

There hasn’t been a lot of great news in the classical music world of late. The Metropolitan Opera is in grim financial straits. President Donald Trump has run the Kennedy Center into the ground and ...

Learning to play the piano has long been associated with rigid lessons, endless scales, and strict adherence to classical repertoire. Rarely has it been considered fun. But now, Payam Khastkhodaei ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Payam ...