Like the soon-to-open Renaissance galleries it was conceived to celebrate, Wednesday's program by Jordi Savall and his Hesperion XXI at the Cleveland Museum of Art was a trove of delicate, detailed ...

What image pops into your head when you think of “classical music”? An orchestra, right? Playing a symphony— a composition without any singers. However, from the beginnings of the classical tradition ...

Over 50 years ago, Jordi Savall put aside his cello to start learning a new instrument: the viola da gamba. "Everyone thought I was mad", he says. But if the phenomenal success of Hespèrion XX (and ...

The music heard Friday night at the Early Music Guild’s concert at Town Hall Seattle, from Hispanic composers of the Old World and the New, covered a wide time span. It stretched from 1510, when Diego ...

The surprising thing about the arresting medieval Spanish music program (“Diaspora Sefardi: Roots and Memory”) Thursday in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center is how contemporary ...

CAMBRIDGE — It all started in Venice. At least, much of what we know as classical music started there. That was the theme of “Musica Nova 1500-1700: Venetian Influences in Musical Europe,” the program ...

In politics, “Balkanization” is a negative term. In music, however, it’s a glowing positive, a process all could stand to embrace. Look no further than the fascinating program by early music ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A Cal Performances favorite, Catalan gamba player Jordi Savall returns with a characteristically lovingly researched program, exploring the vibrant exchange of culture and ideas between Italy, England ...

Time traveler, globe-trotting adventurer, tireless scholar, virtuoso performer, visionary ensemble leader--Jordi Savall is a gift to us all. Joined by his legendary early-music ensemble Hespèrion XXI, ...

Recorded voice: Where to? Carnegie Hall, please. Okay, here are your tickets. Enjoy the show. Your tickets, please. Jeff Spurgeon: Welcome to a concert broadcast from Carnegie Hall Live. The series ...

Legendary early-music icon and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall returns with the musicians of Hespèrion XXI (from Turkey, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Spain and Armenia) for a breathtaking musical ...