Missy Mazzoli performing in New York City in 2012. Photo Illustration: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images and Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
Classical Classical music performances and features from NPR news, NPR cultural programs, and NPR Music stations.
A hologram of the legendary soprano Maria Callas is currently touring North America and Europe. Evan Agostini/Base Hologram hide caption
Dogs mingle with the music of Handel in Tilda Swinton's new video. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Geoffry Wharton with his mysterious Gagliano violin. Bailey Swan/Courtesy of Geoffry Wharton hide caption
Countertenor David Daniels, speaking at the Opera News Awards in New York City in 2013. Brad Barket/Getty Images hide caption
The Cleveland Orchestra, performing in Miami in 2016. Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images hide caption
Vijay Gupta is a violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic whose life's work has been to make music accessible to all. That passion caught the attention of others and this year he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Roman Cho/Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Rachmaninov in the Rockies: Pianist Daniil Trifonov dreams of playing the composer's Fourth Piano Concerto on a train. Michael Joseph McQuilken/DG hide caption
Violinist William Preucil (left), taking a bow with the Cleveland Orchestra at a 2016 performance in Miami. Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for The Cleveland Orchestra hide caption
Soprano Montserrat Caballé, in concert in Marbella, Spain, in 2012. Daniel Perez/Getty Images hide caption
The site-specific art installation called "WDCH Dreams" by media artist Refik Anadol is projected onto the undulating stainless steel facade of the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Sept. 2018 in Los Angeles. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Rise Of The LA Philharmonic To 'America's Most Important Orchestra'
The Totenberg-Ames Stradivarius is pictured in a mold while being prepared to have its edge reinforced during restoration. Courtesy of Bruno Price hide caption
The Tale Of The Stolen Totenberg Stradivarius Ends With A New Legacy
"Every time I learn something new about the music, I then bring [that] into the next performance," Hilary Hahn says. Dana van Leeuwen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Matthew Aucoin, 28, has been awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work as a composer and conductor. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. hide caption
Pianist Conrad Tao and dancer Caleb Teicher perform music from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Our solar system is the subject of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets, which premiered 100 years ago on Sept. 29, 1918. NASA/Wikimedia commons hide caption
Magos Hererra's new album, Dreamers, with the string quartet and Brooklyn Rider, is steeped in Latin American culture. Shervin Lainez/Sony Music hide caption
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Erasing Genres En Español: A Smoky-Voiced Jazz Singer Meets Classical Strings
New York Philharmonic music director Jaap van Zweden performs at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center on Sept. 20, 2018 in New York City. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way
Anthony Roth Costanzo performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 10, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR). Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Anthony Roth Costanzo takes opera to unlikely places, including NPR Music's Tiny Desk. Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Liang Wang, playing with the New York Philharmonic at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013. Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images hide caption