William Kraft at 87 conducting Heinrich Schütz's "St. John Passion" at a Monday Evening Concert in the Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School in Los Angeles on March 28, 2011. (Anne Cusack / Los ...

Dennis C. Kain, longtime Baltimore Symphony Orchestra principal timpanist, whose career spanned more than four decades, died Saturday of colon cancer at his Hamilton home. He was 73. “Dennis was not ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The implement in Zubin Hathi’s hand when he was born wasn’t a drumstick or mallet. It was a tennis racket. The son of a tennis pro and tennis shop owner — and a skilled tennis player ...

Kurt-Hans Goedicke, who has died aged 90, was principal timpanist with the London Symphony Orchestra from 1964 to 2000; described as the “Paganini of the timpani”, he was a towering figure in the ...

HOUSTON – His dream was to be a part of a top orchestra not only recognized in the U.S., but also around the world. That dream came true for the talented, Leonardo Soto. He went through 33 different ...

Markus Rhoten started learning piano as a toddler in Germany, "but I would always go to the low notes. I had an affinity for bass," he said. So his parents started him on drum lessons when he was 5.

For two decades, Meyer Slivka slipped past rows of musicians and took up a spot at the rear of the orchestra reserved for the timpanist. But even tucked behind large kettle drums, Mr. Slivka was far ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We're sitting at a table in Rick Miller's vast and beautifully eccentric Stanmore home. The veteran timpanist is trying to express how ...

The timpani provides an essential rhythmic pulse for the orchestra. In the case of Everett “Vic” Firth, the iconic timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 2002, that pulse was artful, ...