Akron Symphony announces concert lineup for 2026–27 season

The Akron Symphony's 2026–27 season will feature seven classical concerts at E.J. Thomas Hall, along with the annual Holiday Pops and Gospel Meets Symphony shows.
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Re-folking Viennese Classics review – Brahms, Schubert, and the Red Hedgehog Tavern courtesy of Britten Sinfonia and ZRI

Agata Zając conducts a captivating Milton Court evening that pumps up the folk connections in Brahms and Schubert, with Ben ...
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Legendary Disney composer Alan Menken on winning Oscars, Razzies and his ‘filthy’ rock musical

The Whole New World composer who soundtracked millennial childhoods and won eight Oscars looks back on a stellar career Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email In early 1991, the composer Alan ...
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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Composer Brian Tyler Worked on the Movie While in the Hospital

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie composer Brian Tyler kept a secret from the team behind the new Nintendo movie: He worked on “a lot of the main themes” while in the hospital. The mind behind much of the ...
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Welsh composer makes history as music tops worldwide chart

A piece of music by a Welsh composer highlighting the terror and tragedy of war has topped the world's largest annual classical music survey. The Armed Man: A Mass ...
The Guardian

The nightmarish sounds of Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il: ‘Having no identity very much defines my identity’

Korean composer behind Netflix’s most-watched series on the calculated imperfection in his scores Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email If you were among the 265 million viewers who made Squid ...
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Yoko Shimomura Reflects on Lifetime Achievement: 'I Knew I Loved Music, and I Loved Myself Because of That'

At least once a week, I look at what I've written down on my computer for a story, put my head in my hands, sigh deeply, and say something like, "Actually, this is the worst thing anyone has written ...