This month marked my 10th year writing for Orlando Weekly, and it’s dizzying to look back and see how much our world has changed in that short span of time. While following the frightening spectacle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rohan de Saram in 1955, the year he won the first Guilhermina Suggia Award - ANL/Shutterstock Elsewhere he championed the ...

Ensemble dal Niente play the Frequency Festival on Sunday, February 19. Credit: Karjaka Studios The Frequency Series, programmed by Reader staff writer Peter Margasak, presents new classical and ...

The worlds of avant-garde classical music and avant-garde jazz mingle seamlessly on Likeidos, by Italy's Electro Acoustic Orchestra. Also known as the EAOrchestra, the ensemble is co-led by trumpeter ...

Performing-arts organizations were already climbing a steep hill in their efforts to broaden their audiences when the pandemic made it steeper. Now as we’re finally starting to gather again for live ...

John Cage, an icon of the contemporary avant-garde, occupies an odd status in the music world. A seminal figure in the history of post-World War II music, Cage, who died in 1992, stood at the ...

Richard Powers' new novel, Orfeo, tells the story of an avant-garde classical music composer who finds himself dabbling in DNA. Like the Orpheus myth that inspired the book's name, this story takes ...

This week on America 250: The American Experience, we journey alongside trailblazing women. You’ll hear the legendary voice of Marian Anderson, who defied racial prejudice with her historic 1939 ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.

UNUSUAL SOUNDS: Xpress explores WNC's avant-garde music scene, spotlighting some of the acts that are contributing to the area’s eclectic mix. Featured, starting left, Min Xiao-Fen, Tashi Dorji and ...