Classical Music

Morricone composed iconic soundtracks to films including “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” “Cinema Paradiso,” and “The Hateful Eight.”

Known for his mastery of different genres

Johann Johannsson, the award-winning film composer of soundtracks to “The Theory of Everything” and “Sicario,” has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 48.

His arrangements accompanied rock classics such as “Space Oddity”…

The coloratura soprano was a 35-year veteran of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera Company.

Legendary blues and jazz pianist…

Neville Marriner, a renowned conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, died Oct. 2, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 92. He died in his …

Jane Little, a symphony bassist who held the Guinness World Record for the longest professional tenure with a single orchestra, died May 15 after collapsing onstage during a performance of …

Pierre Boulez, the world-renowned French conductor who was a major force in modern classical music, has died. He was 90. Boulez, who once served as the principal conductor of the …

Kurt Masur, the maestro who tamed the New York Philharmonic and united a divided Germany, has died of complications of Parkinson’s disease, The Associated Press and the New York Philharmonic …