The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

Popular British composer-conductor Sir John Rutter shares the seven Christmas carols that mean the most to him ...

Classical KING FM 98.1, the Seattle-based, listener-supported classical music radio station, is moving to address issues of equity and inclusion, and taking steps to make classical music more ...

In the fall of 2019, my Classical KING colleagues and I began a strategic planning process by interviewing more than a hundred people living in Seattle and the Puget Sound region. We asked them about ...

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Death of Classical hosted the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra at L'Alliance for the second night of their North American debut stint. (Read the review of their first ...

“Because there hasn't been strong representation in symphonies, operas and classical music as a whole, it's important for us to be able to create a show like unmute the voices where can we not only ...

“Dear friends all over the world!” the man with the Dutch accent exclaimed on a video posted on Facebook on New Year’s Day. “2020 — what a very strange year that was.” How very strange, indeed. It ...

Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born artist who has been named master of music by King Charles, discusses music as an escape, confronting racism and living by the sea. By Javier C. Hernández The call from ...

Seattle non-commercial Classical KING has named Rob Wiseman as its Chief Advancement Officer. Most recently, Wiseman was an executive for the Seattle Symphony, where he served as Senior Director of ...