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The 20-year-old broke out of the SoundCloud rap scene and reached No 1. But he faced accusations of violent crimes against a woman, and leaves behind a troubling legacy.

American audiences often get their first exposure to K-pop’s rising stars at this annual festival. Here’s who to keep an eye on in New Jersey this weekend.

An underrated Strauss anniversary and a rising conductor’s take on Mozart were some of the highlights.

Make Music New York, a June celebration, including a three-hour Bach marathon, a piece inspired by bird song and guitar music on the Gowanus Canal.

Hear tracks from Nine Inch Nails, Juice WRLD, Tomberlin, Prophet and others.

Jordan Millar and Camryn Cowan joined an after-school program to learn how to compose. Now tens of thousands have heard their work.

Florence Welch soars on her band’s new album, the Marvel series returns to Netflix and the classics come back to Naumburg Bandshell.

This year’s Bachfest Leipzig in Germany focused on what the festival called the master’s 33 best sacred cantatas. But what makes them so?

Under the agreement, Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology would buy the renowned but struggling music school for $40 million. The deal, however, faces legal challenges.

Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

Dedrick Devonshay Williams of Pompano Beach, Fla., was arrested on charges including first-degree murder. The rapper was shot and killed on Monday.

This seductive documentary tracks the rise and fall of Elvis Presley, a tragic arc that the director Eugene Jarecki likens to that of the United States.

Mr. Giaiotti, known for his a resonant, majestic sound, appeared on the Met stage more than 400 times in his 30-year-career.

NYC Pride can easily overwhelm even the most extroverted people. Here are five ways to take part away from the crowds.

The singer and rapper Jahseh Onfroy was killed outside a motor sports store in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Monday afternoon. His album “?” topped the chart in March.

A growing network of booking agencies and community groups have made female artists more visible in Berlin, erasing the boy’s club atmosphere of the past.

As news spread of the 20-year-old’s killing, his fans and critics struggled with how to mourn an artist with a complicated reputation.

As the traveling punk-rock extravaganza begins its final full cross-country run, the women who performed on the male-dominated festival tell their stories.

The first black woman granted tenure at Oberlin College, she was a champion of black composers as well as a celebrated concert performer.

He was best known for his work with the Blues Brothers, but he had established himself as a mainstay of the Chicago scene long before then.

The Los Angeles group led by the singer and guitarist Taylor Goldsmith stretches its sound and scope of lyrical inquiry on its sixth LP, “Passwords.”

The saxophonist’s new double album picks up where his breakout 2015 LP left off, with a huge group of musicians dreaming big together.

The book is to be written by Lynn Nottage, a playwright who has won two Pulitzers, and the show is to be directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation will start a campaign to rehabilitate Simone’s birthplace — which two years ago was on the brink of destruction.

The married titans of popular music released their long-rumored collaborative project after a concert in London on Saturday.

“Kids See Ghosts,” Mr. West’s album with Kid Cudi, had 10 times as many streams as “Come Tomorrow,” but the Dave Matthews Band LP benefited from a ticket bundle.

The Lincoln Center festival will also include Haydn’s “The Creation,“ aerial hip-hop dancing and ”Waiting For Godot.”

Mr. Rozhdestvensky was a tireless promoter of Shostakovich, Schnittke, Gubaidulina and others at home and abroad as one of the best-known Russian conductors.

The couple abruptly released their long-rumored joint album, “Everything Is Love,” a statement of solidarity in the face of personal and institutional challenges.

A critic’s guide to the art in the couple’s new video, from the Mona Lisa to “Raft of the Medusa.”

Boy bands are on the rise and young male singers have some choices to make. A conversation about two performers with their sights set on pop ubiquity.