Actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of the original Star Wars film. The movie was originally released on May 25, 1977. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir revised her piece Aura especially for The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet. David Holechek hide caption
The new album from the Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing features music by John Luther Adams. Courtesy of Cantaloupe Music hide caption
The "magical" music during the opening credits of Twin Peaks, originally broadcast in 1990, sets the tone for the cult classic. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Composer Angelo Badalamenti, Master Of Mood, Returns To 'Twin Peaks'
Composer Lou Harrison was open to the vividness of other cultures throughout his life. He helped introduce Indonesian gamelan music to the West. Courtesy of Eva Soltes hide caption
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs Silent Voices, a multi-composer work that addresses social concerns articulated by the young singers themselves. Julienne Schaer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin tried hammering out a couple of tunes Sunday in Beijing. Sputnik/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron, photographed in Berlin in January 2017. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Min Kym is shown at her debut recital at the Serenates D'Estiu Festival in Majorca in July 1992. Courtesy of Min Kym/Crown hide caption
Violinist Adrian Pintea, from The Julliard School, plays a 1729 Stradivari known as the "Solomon, Ex-Lambert" in 2007 at Christie's in New York. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Du Yun, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer for music, considers the issues of diversity in classical music. Xiao Nan/Elle China hide caption
Venezulean conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conducting in Vienna, Austria, in January 2017. Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Missing from the music stands across top U.S. orchestras: music written by women. Maxcam2008/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Bill Murray's latest project finds him singing Gershwin and Bernstein with classical cellist Jan Vogler. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption
Listen to Carmen talk ("Hi, honey!")
Violinist Artem Kolesov, in the coming-out video he published on YouTube. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Valgeir Sigurðsson's new album, Dissonance, comes out April 21. Lilja Birgisdóttir/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Leo Brouwer went from being an orphan in Cuba to one of the most prolific Latin American composers alive today. Danay Nápoles/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'To Be Useful Is Something Incredible': Leo Brouwer Reflects On His Legacy
Du Yun, 39, has won the music Pulitzer for her opera Angel's Bone. Matthew Jelacic/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On the new album Rímur, Trio Mediaeval teams up with trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Oddleiv Apneseth/Courtesy of ECM hide caption
Soprano Renée Fleming is looking forward to many more years performing opera. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Max Richter brings a diverse playlist with him for an NPR Music Guest DJ session. Yulia Mahr/Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon hide caption