From Hildegard in the 12th century through to the present day, women have made a significant contribution to classical music which has often been overlooked...

Eric Whitacre, creator of the world’s biggest virtual choir, which has had more than a million hits on YouTube, talks to Adam Sweeting about his new album .

Ray Charles, an American musician, songwriter, composer, conductor, arranger and leader of the Ray Charles Singers, died Monday at home in Beverly Hills. He was 96 (and was not the soul singer of the same name, who died in 2004). An authority on American music, Charles served as a musical consultant to the Kennedy Center […]

Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria is an admired musician who devoted his life and energy to the Catholic Church. Learn more.

"A tub of pork and beer." Berlioz on Handel