That is the question most often put to me when I tell people I have been writing about a women’s orchestra which played inside Auschwitz on a twice-daily basis – and which saved the lives of ...

Richard Strauss demands virtuosic agility, and Mozart requires perfection from orchestras. The Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Friday performance titled “Legacy” brought all this and more from the ...

AI can see, hear, talk, reason and take action on behalf of users autonomously—but can it entertain? See Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Perplexity take on White Lotus.

Are these tabloid headlines? Reality TV plot lines? Nope. They’re biographic notes for Johann Strauss, father and son, both esteemed classical music composers and performers who took 19th ...

BORN at Hof in Bavaria, Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner began as a pharmacist's apprentice in 1794, and later practised pharmacy at Dillingburg, Karlsruhe and Strasbourg, where he set up as a ...

A view of the Johann Strauss monument in Vienna's Stadtpark, created by artist Edmund von Helmer. The Vienna Philharmonic is to play Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" in the Austrian capital on ...

Martine Powers is taking a break from the host chair to cover the White House and then take on a longer-term assignment. Tune in to today’s bonus episode to hear more, and get to know our guest ...

We decided that we wanted to enter, but you had to sell 10 tickets for $10 each to get onstage," Strauss recalled. "We didn't have a big circle of friends, so we sold a grand total of four tickets ...

André Rieu is returning to the UK and Ireland in 2025! The King of Waltz will perform with his 60-member Johann Strauss Orchestra across eight iconic cities, including Nottingham, Manchester ...

U.S. stocks finished higher on Friday, rebounding from early declines after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economy was "in a good place," but uncertainty about U.S. trade policy led ...

2025 is a special year for the Austrian city of Vienna, as it celebrates 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II on October 25th, 1825. Throughout the year, the city is marking the legendary ...