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When Beethoven resonates in a crisis

For many BSO fans, the composer's music conjures happy memories. But it can also carry our grief.

Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living

Composer, bandleader, and entrepreneur prepares for a residency at New England Conservatory.

Velvet mornings and boots made for walkin’: Nancy Sinatra retrospective revisits a singer with swagger

To anyone who had dismissed this trailblazer as a poster child for nepotism, “Start Walkin’ 1965-1976” will set the record straight.

Bad Bunny is the undisputed champ in a pop music marketplace gone global

The Puerto Rican superstar's success reflects a shift in how listeners consume music and who gets to decide what's "popular."

A.Z. MADONNA
What would Beethoven think of climate change? Composer Iman Habibi has a few ideas
Habibi's “Jeder Baum spricht” (”Every tree speaks”) is part of a new BSO Now program.

Boston Calling canceled again amid the coronavirus pandemic
This year’s event was slated for May 28-30, but the lineup and headliners had not yet been announced.

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BSO picks Gail Samuel, longtime LA Philharmonic executive, as its first woman president and CEO

Samuel will start her new role June 21, becoming the eighth president and first woman to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its 140-year history. The appointment ends a 10-month search to replace Mark Volpe, who will retire after leading the orchestra for nearly a quarter-century.

At NEC, a concert to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, and to many, many others

Students have crafted a program that also acknowledges the victims of the pandemic and police violence.

A rock ’n’ roll salute to Chet’s Last Call, and to ‘Chet’

A documentary celebrates the grimy North Station rock club that opened its doors to countless bands in the '80s.

Yes, we miss concerts. But let’s face it, sometimes they’re awful

Memories are made when a show turns into a train wreck. These are some of mine.

Tell us about your worst concert experience here

The Globe is compiling readers’ accounts of their most terrible concert experiences, back in the time there was such a thing as live music.

JEREMY EICHLER

Conductor David Hoose turns toward the next movement

Retiring after more than three decades at the helm of Cantata Singers, Hoose reflects on the ensemble he has built.

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András Schiff makes a virtual return to Boston, with music and politics front of mind

The pianist has recorded a program of Bach, Beethoven, and Schumann especially for Celebrity Series.

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Philip B. Price chases the pandemic blues by making a pop record (‘Well, pop for me’)

On solo album "Oceans Hiding in Oceans," the Winterpills frontman recorded the tunes himself at his home and played all the instruments.