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- What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impressionby Olivia Hampton on January 17, 2024 at 10:11 am
Nokuthula Ngwenyama's Flow is on a 13-city tour of performances by the celebrated Takács Quartet.
- Napoleon's piano lends authenticity to Ridley Scott's biopicby Olivia Hampton on December 4, 2023 at 10:04 am
British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott's biopic of the one-time emperor.
- Finding a place at the Met, this opera sings in a language of its ownby Luis Trelles on November 27, 2023 at 5:15 pm
Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.
- A disciplined plea for peace – and quiet – from composer Arvo Pärtby Tom Huizenga on November 10, 2023 at 5:28 pm
A new album of music by the 88-year-old Estonian mystic seems to put an arm around you and whisper, "In troubled times, music can help."
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- Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian and critic, dies at 94by Tom Vitale on October 25, 2024 at 12:10 am
Over the course of seven decades, Morgenstern helmed major jazz magazines, wrote two books, produced concerts, won multiple Grammys, taught college and oversaw one of the largest jazz archives.
- BeyHive meets KHive: Beyoncé set to perform at Houston rally for Harrisby Deepa Shivaram on October 24, 2024 at 3:13 pm
Vice President Harris will have a special guest at her rally in Houston on Friday: Beyoncé.
- WATCH: Pixies plays songs from their new album, 'The Night the Zombies Came'by Raina Douris on October 24, 2024 at 7:00 am
The alternative rock pioneers perform an exclusive set ahead of the release of their latest album.
- Wyatt Flores talks about his new album 'Welcome to the Plains' and mental healthby Juana Summers on October 23, 2024 at 10:11 pm
NPR's Juana Summers talks with musician Wyatt Flores about his new album Welcome to the Plains and his honesty around mental health.