The French Embassy and the Alliance Française tomorrow will be marking Europe Day, being celebrated today, by paying homage to three famous French composers whose renowned works have brought joy to ...

R.J. Stove’s intensively researched biography of Belgian French composer César Franck (1822-1890) has striking merits. Stove writes exquisitely, in periodic sentences, and manages to make detailed ...

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra (FSO), under the direction of Carl Topilow, presents the Vive La France concert at 7:30 p.m., March 9, at the Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive ...

NEW YORK — Pierre Boulez, the French composer and conductor who helped blaze a radical path for classical music in the 20th century, becoming one of its dominant figures in the decades after World War ...

Ride the waves of La Mer—Debussy’s shimmering portrait of the sea—and then dive into the rich, romantic world of Cécile Chaminade’s Piano Sonata, a rarely heard work full of passion and lyricism. Two ...

In bringing to life a long-envisioned French project, celebrated pianist Lang Lang stumbled upon a wealth of intriguing discoveries, spanning from the works of five female French composers to even the ...

Maurice Rosenthal, a French composer and conductor who was a student of Ravel and a vigorous champion of French composers from Offenbach to Messiaen, died on June 5 at his home in Paris. He was 98. As ...

Oscar-winning composer Gabriel Yared, whose multiple award-winning credits include the soundscapes for The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain and Betty Blue, will be feted by the ...

Henri Dutilleux, a leading French composer who wrote music of luminous perfection, died Wednesday in Paris at age 97. His family announced the death, which was reported by one of his publishers, ...

It’s happening a few days before Valentine’s Day, but considering it’s a program filled with sensual and even provocative music by French composers, the Long Beach Symphony’s Feb. 6 concert could be a ...