Writing music about water came naturally to Claude Debussy. His father was a sailor and encouraged young Claude’s imagination with stories about vast waters and exotic lands. A family visit to Cannes, ...

Flutes and fauns, dreams of the sea, Clair de Lune, and more. We’re celebrating the 150 th of composer Claude Debussy. Claude Debussy at the piano, 1893 Claude Debussy composed in the time of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In the western suburbs of Paris 150 years ago today, a boy was born to an unassuming couple, proprietors of a china shop who had no great taste for music. But that little boy felt otherwise, and grew ...

So much music, so little time. Last spring, Thomas Heuser asked Shelley Mann if she would consider a solo recital in the 2025 San Juan Symphony Chamber Music Series – or a lecture recital. She opted ...

Only Hershey Felder can get away with putting his name before Claude Debussy’s. Take his latest solo bio-drama at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, “Hershey Felder: A Paris Love ...

Impressionism in art is fairly easy to describe: thin brush strokes, obscured edges, the play of light. Impressionism in music is harder to articulate. Composer Claude Debussy translated visual ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and the Armenian genocide. By ...

March Music Moderne, Portland's annual quirky festival of new music, will celebrate Claude Debussy this year with a series of events inspired by the influential French composer, who died 100 years ago ...

This month, many classical music lovers noted Maurice Ravel’s 150th birthday. On Monday, March 31, Quatuor Debussy pairs Ravel’s music with the composer whose name it carries in celebration of both ...