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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...