Musician and critic Jennifer Gersten wants us to transform the way we think about classical music. Perceived by many as “inaccessible, elitist, incomprehensible,” the genre is often marketed by ...

Classical music is experiencing a digital-era revival among Gen Z through TikTok trends, gaming soundtracks, and curated streaming playlists. Young listeners are merging centuries-old compositions ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...