A 50-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train in BART's El Cerrito Plaza Station on Sunday morning has been identified as Jorge Liderman, a prominent local composer and a professor in the ...

“Difficult Grace” by cellist Seth Parker Woods. The title that composer Tina Davidson chose for her new memoir, “Let your heart be broken,” is a daring invitation to deep appreciation of music.

WARSAW, Poland >> Wojciech Kilar, a symphonic composer who gained fame writing film scores for “The Pianist” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” was hailed as a glorious figure in Polish and European music ...

She’s won three Grammys, a Pulitzer, and has been composer-in-residence for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Next on her plate, ...