Van Cliburn presents Christopher Shih with the First Place prize for winning the Sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth, Texas. Rodger Mallison/Cliburn Foundation hide caption
Tom Huizenga Tom Huizenga is a music producer for NPR Digital Media.
James Carter's new album, featuring compositions of Roberto Sierra, is called Caribbean Rhapsody. Vincent Soyez/Emarcy Records hide caption
Playful — Fast (With Swing)
The new album Caribbean Rhapsody is the result of a ten-year collaboration between jazz saxophonist James Carter and classical composer Roberto Sierra. Vincent Soyez/Emarcy Records hide caption
Playful — Fast (With Swing)
NOW Ensemble's new album Awake features five so-called indie classical composers. New Amsterdam hide caption
The Toledo Symphony will make its Carnegie Hall debut. The orchestra has rounded up 1400 hometown fans to make the trip to New York. Toledo Symphony hide caption
Cast members from The Inspector, a new comic opera by John Musto that debuted last night at Wolf Trap. Carol Pratt/Wolf Trap Opera hide caption
Amjad Ali Khan performs his concerto Samaagam with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Mumbai. Pip Eastop/World Village Records hide caption
Swar Samir
Composer Peter Lieberson, photographed last year by his wife Rinchen Lhamo at their home in Santa Fe, N.M. Rinchen Lhamo/Schirmer, Inc. hide caption
Concerto for piano, chorus & orchestra ("The Solway Canal")
Soprano Ying Huang in the title role of Zhou Long's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Madame White Snake. Clive Grainger /Opera Boston hide caption