The Hong Kong Sinfonietta was not playing it safe when it commissioned Alice Yeung’s double concerto for chromatic harmonica and jazz piano – a combination that may be a world first. Performed by the ...

Sometimes the oddest couples make the most beautiful music together. Lancaster Symphony Orchestra will host just such an unusual pairing next weekend, when renowned bluesman Corky Siegel debuts his ...

Jazz pianist John Turville spotted this harmonica player performing Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor on the London Underground - and as he says: "This is why this is the best city in the world." ...

When you think of harmonica, it's easy to consider the instrument in the context of country, bluegrass or blues music. But Tucson composer Jay Vosk hears it paired with chamber orchestra in a more ...

After writing his third symphonic piece for harmonica and orchestra, two words crowded the thoughts of bluesman Corky Siegel: Never again. The work of writing for a symphony was too tedious, too ...

Harmonicist Park Jong-seong, 36, will go on the stage with the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Baek Yoon-hak at the Gangdong Arts Center in eastern Seoul on June 13. Park has ...

Chicago harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy tours the world with so many bands – among them Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and his own jazz, classical and world-music ventures – that he says he couldn’t ...

Harmonicist Park Jong-seong is set to show the versatility of the instrument in his upcoming performance with an orchestra. Park, the first Korean ever to win first prize at the World Harmonica ...

Most nights, you can walk into a blues club and find a harmonica player blowing their heart out onstage. The wailing, honking sound associated with Western movies and juke joints is what many harp ...