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Classical Music Interviews

Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein (left) and singer-songwriter Tift Merrit collaborate on the new album Night.

Listen Merritt And Dinnerstein: Bridging Their Worlds

March 23, 2013 – The new album Night is the collaborative effort of an alt-country singer and a classical pianist.

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A coach and high school students work on Osvaldo Golijov's Passion According to St. Mark with the composer (right) in November 2012.

Watch How Does A Jewish Artist Tell The Ultimate Christian Story?

March 17, 2013 – An Argentine composer's vivid Passion According to St. Mark presents "a Latin American Jesus."

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Tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

Listen Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

February 16, 2013 – The man called the greatest living Wagnerian tenor says he's bound by duty to honor the composer.

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Stride piano pioneer James P. Johnson had dreams of becoming a successful symphonic composer.

Watch Treasures In The Attic: Finding A Jazz Master's Lost Orchestral Music

February 2, 2013 – Conductor Marin Alsop retraces her steps in uncovering symphonic work of James P. Johnson.

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Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn relied on each other to shape their very different musical careers.

Watch Meet The Musical Mendelssohns: Felix And Fanny

January 28, 2013 – String quartets by the siblings are featured in a new album by the venturesome Ebène Quartet.

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Petra Haden's new album is titled Petra Goes to the Movies.

Listen Petra Haden Covers Classic Film Scores With A Single Voice

January 26, 2013 – Haden's new album, Petra Goes to the Movies, recasts movie scores in an a cappella setting.

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Marin Alsop conducted the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra in a beachfront concert Sunday for 20,000 people in Santos, Brazil.

Listen Marin Alsop: A Utopian Musical Dream From South America

December 22, 2012 – The conductor of the Sao Paulo Symphony is inspired by Brazil's commitment to classical music.

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Andre Rieu's latest release is an album and DVD of Christmas music called Home for the Holidays.

Listen Andre Rieu On The Allure Of The Waltz

December 15, 2012 – The Dutch violinist and conductor is one of the most successful classical artists in history.

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Myrlie Evers-Williams leads her three children — Reena (from left), Van and Darrell — at the family piano, circa 1965.

Listen A Civil Rights Figure's Long Road — To Carnegie Hall

December 15, 2012 – An educator and activist for decades, Myrlie Evers-Williams is fulfilling a long-held musical dream.

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The epic strings and chanting monks of the Halo series are just some of the video-game sounds reinterpreted by Angèle Dubeau on her new album, Game Music.

Listen A Classical Musician's Game Theory

December 10, 2012 – Violinist Angèle Dubeau has added the music of Halo and Angry Birds to her repertoire.

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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein

Listen Alisa Weilerstein Plays Elgar: Exploring Music With An Intense Past

December 4, 2012 – The celebrated young American cellist walks us through her recording of a "devastating" concerto.

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Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, winner of the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Read Michel Van Der Aa Wins The Grawemeyer Award For Music

November 25, 2012 – Watch an excerpt of a cello concerto/short film that has earned the Dutch composer the prize.

Composer Max Richter's new album takes on Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Listen Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'

November 21, 2012 – The composer has done a brave thing for any artist in any medium: He's messed with a classic.

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First Listen

Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins engineer an idea-packed collision of funky, soulful sounds.

First Listen: G&D, 'The Lighthouse'

Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins engineer an idea-packed collision of funky, soulful sounds.

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Amidon says the melodies of shape-note hymns are some of the "deepest-seated for me."

Sam Amidon: Reshaping An American Folk Tradition

Amidon says the melodies of shape-note hymns are some of the "deepest-seated for me."

A reedman, talent scout and bandleader, Herman led "Herds" that were both popular and respected.

Woody Herman At 100: 'A Blues Player From His Heart'

A reedman, talent scout and bandleader, Herman led "Herds" that were both popular and respected.

Mvula's debut is ambitiously confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago.

Laura Mvula's Velvet 'Moon' Is A Revelation

Mvula's debut is ambitiously confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago.

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