Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Havana, Cuba in May 2015. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Conductor Simon Rattle took his Berlin Philharmonic and symphonies by Beethoven to Carnegie Hall for a week-long residency. AJ Wilhelm/NPR hide caption
Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin
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Kirill Petrenko will become the next chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2018. Wilfried Hösl/Berlin Philharmonic hide caption
Conductor Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on October 1, 2014. A.J. Wilhelm for NPR hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic
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"ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)"
Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená collaborated with a conductor she knows well, the Berlin Philharmonic's Simon Rattle — who's also her husband. Mathias Bothor/DG hide caption
The young pianist Inon Barnatan plays Debussy and Ravel with striking assurance. Avie Records hide caption
'I've Seen Footage' by Death Grips
Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená with violinist Daniel Stabrawa and tenor Mark Padmore perform in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Andreas Knapp/Berlin Philharmonic hide caption
A stunning look "inside the music" — images that turn instruments' interiors into architectural wonderlands. Bjoern Ewers/courtesy of the Berlin Philharmonic hide caption
Simon Rattle conducts Mahler and Wolf at Carnegie Hall Saturday, February 25, 2012. Torsten Kjellstrand for NPR hide caption
The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall
Conductor Simon Rattle has a special affinity for Haydn and his music. Peter Adamik hide caption
Hear Rattle conduct Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F: III. Menuetto (Berlin Philharmonic)
The Nutcracker protects Clara from invading armies of mice. EMI hide caption
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bjarnason, from Iceland, is among a new crop of young composers equally conversant in classical and popular music. Bedroom Community Records hide caption
The original poster advertising the premiere of The Magic Flute on Sept. 30, 1791, is on display at the birth home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Getty Images hide caption
A bust of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption