Coffee, croissants and classical music brought office workers, residents and visitors together at One Sansome as the free monthly Baroque & Brew series transformed a weekday morning into a community gathering in downtown San Francisco.

Previewing the second Classical Remix Music Festival, where the concerts seek to score with concertgoers by emphasizing accessibility.

Mozart choral works, a pairing of Dvorak and Carlos Simon and piano music by Philip Glass are among our selections.

The first-ever Seattle Center Classical festival, a free, open-to-the-public classical music event, takes place Sunday.

Organisers of an international festival say they are looking to shake off traditional perceptions of classical music with a creative line up and a variety of venues. Now in its 81st year, the Cheltenham Music Festival will include more than 25 artists and groups from around the world when it starts this weekend.

Despite the art form’s foreign origins, composers such as Antonín Dvořák, George Gershwin and Charles Ives have managed to convey our country’s spirit.

The city center of Seoul, glimpsed through the windows of packed buses and subways during the evening commute, appears like a bleak forest of concrete buildings. It is not easy to head to a concert hall after a tiring return home.

Why would a millennial or Gen Z individual choose to attend a classical music concert if they’ve never been familiarized with it?