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Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...

Throughout most of the year, the Northwest BachFest is a showcase for noteworthy pieces — both well-known and underperformed — from the classical chamber music repertoire. Not all of the music in ...

Even in his earliest days as a 24-year-old composer fresh out of conservatory, Steve Hackman was already thinking outside the box. His artistic vision continues today with programs like “Tchaikovsky X ...

The classical and hip-hop fusion duo Black Violin has quite a list of musical accomplishments. They’ve performed with Alicia Keys, toured with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and played for former First ...

Any music act with a unique sound — such as Black Violin’s fusion of classical and hip-hop — is bound to sound familiar from album to album. But violinist Kev Marcus sees a definite difference between ...

Forget what you know about classical music: Black Violin breathe a new life into the genre with each performance. In their only Connecticut tour stop at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, April 10, ...

"We’re helping hip-hop and classical music grow and expand beyond their boundaries," Cypress Hill's "Sen Dog" says. By Roy Trakin The latest trend in hip-hop has the genre going highbrow. More than a ...

BEIJING (AP) — First there was the explosive hip-hop beat drop, then a bold rap verse proclaiming, "The greatest of all time!" It couldn't have described Nathan Chen any better. On the barren sheet of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Convict Julie performing at the 8th Edition of The Athens Hip-Hop Awards at the Warehouse in downtown Athens, Ga., on Saturday, ...