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News Articles: Genre: Classical

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Rosalía's goal making <em>Lux</em> this ambitious, she says, is to reconcile her desire to make music that's "to just enjoy" and "music that challenges you."

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  • Music

On 'Lux,' Rosalía pulls the entire world into her symphony

The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages.

November 03, 2025
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By:
  • Anamaria Artemisa Sayre
The Dalí Quartet, accompanied by Ricardo Morales on clarinet, performs during the Library of Congress' Stradivari concert in Coolidge Auditorium in 2023. The Library was given a rare set of Stradivarius instruments in 1935.

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  • Music

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)

October 25, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen channels Bach's cello suites in the new album <em>In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness</em>.

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  • Music

Experimental cellist Clarice Jensen finds inspiration in Bach, and a few electronics

The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites.

October 17, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Christoph von Dohnányi led the Cleveland Orchestra for 18 years.

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  • Obituaries

Christoph Von Dohnányi, longtime conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, has died

Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers.

September 08, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Julian Wachner conducts the choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Bang on a Can All-Stars at Lincoln Center in New York in 2014. Wachner, who was dismissed from his position at Trinity in 2022, has been charged with possession of child sex abuse material in Indiana.

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  • Arts & Life

Conductor Julian Wachner charged with possession of child sex abuse material

Once a prominent musician in New York City, Wachner was working as a grade school teacher in Indiana. Prosecutors have accused him of possessing sexual abuse imagery of young children.

August 28, 2025
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The 21-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays like an old soul. On a new album, he puts his own stamp on lesser-known music by Tchaikovsky.

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  • Music

How Yunchan Lim changed my mind about Tchaikovsky's 'Seasons'

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

August 22, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė  writes multilayered music that she hopes will grant listeners the freedom to enter an altered state of mind.

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  • Music

Meet Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, the composer who wants to get inside your head

The Lithuanian composer, now based in New York, creates layered, deliberate music that she hopes will grant listeners the freedom to enter an altered state of mind.

August 04, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga

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  • Music

Chef Kenji López-Alt serves up a nourishing recipe of food and music

The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music.

July 31, 2025
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By:
  • Lara Downes
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