The "Curse of the Ninth" haunts classical music: write nine symphonies and die before your tenth. And some of history's ...

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Marina Mahler, granddaughter of composer Gustav Mahler, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on May 9, 2025, following the opening of the third Mahler Festival. (AP Photo/Ron ...

The musicologist Lawrence Kramer dates the “invention” of listening to the 18 th century, alongside the concept of the inner self. In his 2007 book Why Classical Music Still Matters, he writes, “All ...

Facing him was “MAHLER” etched in gold on a cartouche and shining in a spotlight, centered in a permanent position of honor among the 17 composers enshrined across the balcony front.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — When Klaus Mäkelä climbed the Concertgebouw podium and turned to the audience at the orchestra’s third Gustav Mahler Festival in 105 years, the conductor could see the writing on the ...

AMSTERDAM — When Klaus Mäkelä climbed the Concertgebouw podium and turned to the audience at the orchestra’s third Gustav Mahler Festival in 105 years, the conductor could see the writing on ...