Classical%20Music%20Interviews
Listen Guest DJ: Decoding Debussy With Pierre-Laurent Aimard
August 22, 2012 – For the composer's sesquicentennial, a virtuoso selects favorite Debussy recordings.
Watch Is Opera Ailing? Assessing The State Of The Art
August 16, 2012 – Is opera healthy today, or is the 400-year-old art form struggling for its life?
Listen A Musician And The Audition Of His Life
July 21, 2012 – A year spent working about 20 hours a day — and a fate decided in a few minutes.
Listen A Grand Soviet Symphony, By Way Of Brazil
July 21, 2012 – An American conductor explains why Russian music suits her Sao Paolo orchestra.
Listen At Home With The Coltranes, Listening To Stravinsky
July 19, 2012 – Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane (son of John and Alice) recalls a childhood filled with symphonic music.
Listen Avi Avital: A Mandolinist's Unlikely Education
July 7, 2012 – The Israeli musician discovered his instrument by coincidence. His new album is called Bach.
Listen From 'Glee' To Gettysburg: Brian Stokes Mitchell Speaks For Lincoln
July 4, 2012 – The Broadway star talks about his new recording of Copland's Lincoln Portrait for NPR Music.
Listen Noah Stewart: From 'Opera Boy' To Singer
June 3, 2012 – The tenor's new album gives him a chance to put his mark on everything from spirituals to pop.
Read Thomas Hampson On Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
May 30, 2012 – The American baritone remembers one of his mentors and recommends some of his greatest recordings.
Listen Deep In The Desert, Monks Make Transcendent Music
May 27, 2012 – Benedictine monks living outside Santa Fe have released an album of Gregorian chant.
Listen Canadian Brass: Spiking The Recital With Humor
May 27, 2012 – The decades-old group incorporates classics, Dixieland, jazz and Broadway into its repertoire.
Listen Jeremy Denk: The Fresh Air Interview
May 23, 2012 – The pianist's new album features etudes written by the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti.
Listen Garth Knox: One Viola And 1,000 Years Of Musical History
May 14, 2012 – On his new album, Saltarello, the adventurous violist creates surprising musical juxtapositions.
Listen Classical 'Rock Star' Joshua Bell Takes On Conducting
April 24, 2012 – Bell, the onetime violin prodigy, has taken over the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Listen Three Poetic Traditions Inspire A Mideast Symphony
February 18, 2012 – A new work by 26-year-old composer Mohammed Fairouz plays out in Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic.
