Afghan-born singer Amir Vafa lifts his voice above the orchestra. “Oh, bitter pain!” he sings in near-perfect German. “My home! I shall never see you again!” The song, Das Heimweh (homesickness) by ...

Usually out of the headlines, the German symphony orchestra suddenly surfaced in conversation after it was revealed that the symphony conductor was fired over his support of Russian President Vladimir ...

A Belgian music festival has cancelled a performance by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra over a perceived lack of “clarity” on its Israeli conductor’s views on the Middle East conflict, sparking ...

A German orchestra said on Saturday that Turkey attempted to pressure it and the EU to keep the term "genocide" out of a concert marking the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War I ...

A Belgian festival said Thursday it stood by its decision to axe a leading German orchestra's performance over concerns about its Israeli conductor -- despite furious protests from Israel and Berlin.