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News Articles: Genre: Classical

Baritone Zachary James and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Karen Kamensek, perform Philip Glass' Symphony No. 15 'Lincoln' at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. on July 5, 2026.

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  • Arts & Life

Philip Glass' new symphony premieres at Tanglewood after Kennedy Center cancellation

Philip Glass' newest symphony, an homage to Abraham Lincoln, was supposed to premiere at the Kennedy Center — until it didn't. And then, the Boston Symphony Orchestra stepped in.

July 06, 2026
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
A new triple album from sisters Katia (left) and Marielle Labèque celebrates more than five decades of recording together.

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  • Music

4 hands on the keys: The continuing piano adventures of the fearless Labèque sisters

The French pianists celebrate more than a half century of recording together with a triple-disc set containing many brand new tracks.

June 12, 2026
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Isabel Leonard as Frida and Carlos Álvarez as Diego perform in a scene from Gabriela Lena Frank's <em>El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego</em> at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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  • Music Features

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Will Sharpe plays Mozart in the Starz series <em>Amadeus</em>.

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  • Television

Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'

Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Ann Marie Baldonado
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland's <em>Appalachian Spring</em> by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.

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  • Obituaries

Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

April 24, 2026
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By:
  • Lisa Hirsch
Composer John Luther Adams, photographed in his outdoor studio in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 2017.

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  • Music

The dissenting musical life of John Luther Adams

The Pulitzer-winning composer, whose unconventional music reflects the rugged landscapes he lives in, talks about his relationship to nature and his new piece Horizon.

April 21, 2026
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  • Tom Huizenga
The adventurous, Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth collaborate with songwriter Gabriel Kahane on the new album, <em>Elevator Songs</em>.

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  • Music

Going up! 'Elevator Songs' is a high-concept, emotionally turbulent ride

On a new album, the experimental vocal group Roomful of Teeth and songwriter Gabriel Kahane take up residence in a multidimensional hotel with a time-traveling elevator and a quirky clientele.

April 03, 2026
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  • Tom Huizenga
Adam Gopnik, author and staff writer for <em>The New Yorker</em>, joins pianist Lara Downes to explore the story of American music and its immigrant roots.

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  • Music

Adam Gopnik salutes the immigrant experience that shaped American music

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

March 17, 2026
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  • Lara Downes
Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto (right) invited Sam Amidon to sing a set of folk tunes on his new album, <em>Willows</em>, which also includes a reimagined version of <em>The Lark Ascending</em>.

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  • Music

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers

On his new album, the violinist completely rethinks The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and leans into old folk songs with the help of Sam Amidon.

February 20, 2026
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  • Tom Huizenga

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  • National

How Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell lavished money on the Interlochen Center for the Arts to gain access, documents show. In the process, two teenagers were pulled into their orbit.

February 20, 2026
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  • Ava Berger and
  • Scott Neuman
Pianist Lara Downes (left) and historian Jill Lepore convene to discuss what America was like just before the founding of the United States.

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  • Music

Searching for America in song with historian Jill Lepore

With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just before it became the United States.

January 29, 2026
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  • Lara Downes
The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (SBSO). performing in 2013.

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  • Music

As Venezuela's future remains uncertain, its symphony orchestra reaches a new milestone

The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's recording of Ravel's Boléro is up for a Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance. The recognition comes at a turbulent moment for Venezuela, but the orchestra remains focused on the music.

January 27, 2026
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Henry Guthrie, played by Ralph Fiennes, is uncompromising in his pursuit of musical excellence as he overhauls a struggling northern English choir during World War I in <em>The Choral.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

A prickly Ralph Fiennes uplifts a town through music during WWI in 'The Choral'

A northern English town loses its best choral singers to fighting in World War I but finds new hope in a time of loss through music in Nicholas Hytner's new film "The Choral," featuring Ralph Fiennes.

December 22, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Olivia Hampton
Sean Shibe performs a Tiny Desk concert Nov. 10, 2025, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Music

Sean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concert

Guitarist Sean Shibe pushes his instrument to the limit in new music written for him by Thomas Adès, and softens the vibe with intimate pieces by Bach, Mompou and the eccentric street musician Moondog.

December 12, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider internalizes music in unique ways. Her new opera, <em>Hildegard</em>, receives its world premiere this week at the LA Opera.

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  • Music

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider loves music so much, she might just eat it

Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles.

November 04, 2025
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  • Tom Huizenga
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