Louis W. Ballard paved the way for a booming generation of artists. But his works have been too little performed and recorded.

Meet the 120 students nominated for instrumental performance in genres such as classical music, jazz, pop and mariachi.

Wynton Marsalis is a great man, but his Fourth, “The Jungle”, is no masterpiece, not even a symphony – a dance suite, maybe, with enough bold textures to recall wandering attentions. We needed less of ...

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