"The Beethoven cycle of the 21st century" proclaims a sticker on these recordings, which were taken from concerts Christian Thielemann conducted in the Vienna Musikverein between December 2008 and April 2010, and which have already appeared on DVD. Thoug

The clear, young voices of the grasslands of northern China will ring out in New York's Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts on Jan 24 when the Quintessenso Children's Choir takes the stage. These children, who are aged between 5 and 13, will sing in t

Eve Arnold, 99, of London, a globe-trotting, award-winning photojournalist who captured iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, died Jan. 4. She was born in Philadelphia and settled in London with the Sunday Times. She worked for publications such as Time and L

GENEVA - Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a World War II concentration camp and carried him to the heights of performances with Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein

Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a World War II concentration camp and carried him to the heights of performances with Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, has die

GENEVA — Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a German-guarded camp during World War II and carried him to the musical heights of 20th century performances with Herbert von