One of the premier musicians to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century, Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948) was not only a brilliant instrumentalist on the violin and viola but a chamber musician and conductor as well. In 1998, nearly thirty years...

The New York Philharmonic's new season will take the orchestra deeper into the non-classical world _ with iTunes, cell phone ringtones and the Web.The orchestra also plans to expand its global reach during the 2007-2008 with trips to China and Europe, orchestra officials announced Tuesday."We...

Today is Monday, July 16, the 197th day of 2007. There are 168 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M.On this date:In 1790, the District of...

Sean Connery, Angela Bassett, Gabriel Byrne, Billy Joel, Roger Moore, Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich are all fans of the special sounds made by Julian Rachlin.But it's not just the violinist's music that's getting him attention.Named a Young Global Leader this year by the World...

He's a retired show-biz veteran about to settle down, at last, in a retirement home.Then Bert O'Riley, 80, learns that his long-estranged daughter has been in a car crash and is hospitalized in intensive care. He learns something else: that he's the instant guardian of...