It has been presented at the Imperial Court of Japan since the 7th century, encompassing music and dance that originated in China and the Korean peninsula. Incorporating elements from India, Persia ...

Tim Hecker has been very quiet about Konoyo—quiet enough that we were pleasantly surprised when, Moogfest-bound, he agreed to speak with us about it. Though an internet search returns plenty of ...

Apple's classical music streaming service is gearing up to expand to more countries, with users in Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan now able to download the app ahead of the launch.

TOKYO — He was celebrated as a prolific musical genius whose compositions appeared in popular video games and the competition routine of a top figure skater in the Sochi Olympics. His deafness won him ...

Seiji Ozawa, who has died aged 88, was one of the few Japanese musicians to make a significant mark in the Western classical music tradition. He crossed the East-West divide with remarkable ease, ...

Tim Hecker comes from a long line of unlineal composers, like François Bayle and Daphne Oram, where a source material — be it guitar, piano, synths, field recordings — is manipulated into new shades ...

The New Japan Philharmonic orchestra plays Chinese composers' works under the baton of Xia Xiaotang, principal conductor of China Philharmonic, at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall on Oct 22.[Photo ...

As a child in Tokyo, Mari Yoshihara shared her bedroom with a Yamaha upright. She began piano lessons at age 3. It was a typical middle-class Japanese girlhood, she says, recalling that she was ...

A new study looks at differences between the brains of Japanese classical musicians, Western classical musicians and nonmusicians. Researchers investigated specific kinds of neural behavior in ...

Starting on January 24, Apple Music Classical will be available in China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Apple made the announcement in an X post today. Japan, China, Korea, Hong ...