Despite the popularity of "The Mozart Effect" it's not a given that listening to classical music will make your kids any smarter. But if you or your children are trying to tune out distractions like ...

A study in Mexico found that classical music influences fetal heart rate, potentially benefiting development. Researchers observed more stable and predictable heart rate patterns in unborn babies ...

We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first ...

A classically trained pianist, Christopher O’Riley takes the stage at Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus and begins playing some elegant Shostakovich. The young audience listens quietly ...

Timothy Byron does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

When you think of classical music, you might think of something like this [intro to Beethoven's 5th Symphony plays], this [intro to Flight of the Bumblebee plays], or even this [The Magic Flute, Queen ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...