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 ...

In World War I, France’s favorite song was the lilting Madelon. The first seven months of World War II produced no successor. One try, Victoire, Daughter of Madelon, was a by-blow which died aborning.

All Is Calm, now playing at Stage West in Fort Worth, recounts the story of British and German soldiers laying down their ...

When war broke out in Europe in early August of 1914, that month’s edition of The Etude, America’s “Journal of the Musician, the Music Student and all Music Lovers,” had already appeared. The editor, ...

KYIV -- A rosary with five bullet casings interspersed among the beads is the first lot to draw bids. "What I really like is how here we've got a weapon remade into art," says the auctioneer, a big, ...

This year, a famous Ukrainian rock band, Okean Elzy, celebrated its 30-year anniversary. The group has become a symbol of resistance for all generations of independent Ukraine. For my parents, Okean ...

Last week, we looked at some music inspired or affected by war. This week, Fred Child of NPR's Performance Today brings us a few more examples: "L'Homme Arme," "Laqad fatanatni farandjiyya," "La ...

March is Women’s History Month, and this writer is pleased to announce two programs that will promote the importance of the role women have played in our history. The first is a reminder of an event ...