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 ...

He's already shown us the last. Now he's presenting the first. Two years after playing the newest concerto for his instrument, Cleveland Orchestra timpanist Paul Yancich is about to perform the oldest ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurt-Hans Goedicke: austere - LSO Archive Kurt-Hans Goedicke, who has died aged 90, was principal timpanist with the London ...

Omaha Symphony timpanist Dwight Thomas will tackle seven kettledrums Sunday in a rare timpani concerto. Some call it the “heartbeat” of an orchestra. Others say “backbone.” Ernest Richardson, 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Leonardo Rodrigo Soto Jr. had a teen-aged dilemma: Should he make a living by hitting things or by kicking them? On one hand, drums were in his blood: His father plays timbales in La Sonora de Tommy ...