Can Asian Americans Save Classical Music? Slate?s Michael Ahn Paarlberg asks Can Asians Save Classical Music? But there is one group that still likes classical music and, what?s more, pays to hear it performed: Asians. Of Asian-Americans ages 18-24 responding to the same survey, 14 percent...

The Southbank, Barbican, ENO and BBC4 are catering for the new-found appetite for sonic adventure When Swiss conductor Baldur Brönnimann  was a student 25 years ago, "if you had more than 30 people at a concert it was a failure because it was populist crap". Today, there are growing signs that contemporary classical music is shrugging off its elitist reputation, with audiences flocking to work ...

A selected guide to classical music performances in New York and the area.

Stringfever, a British string quartet, is a little bit classical, little bit rock 'n' roll and humorous.

The four-day Thyagaraja-Tansen Music Festival, in honour of two Indian classical music maestros, features music showcases, performances and talks. Subhadra Devan finds out more