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
Deceptive Cadence Deceptive Cadence un-stuffs the world of classical music, which is both fusty and ferociously alive.
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'
"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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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 takes opera to unlikely places, including NPR Music's Tiny Desk. Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Renée Fleming, photographed singing the national anthem during Super Bowl XLVIII, will sing at the memorial service for the late Sen. John McCain at Washington's National Cathedral. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption
Jamie Bernstein watches her father, Leonard Bernstein, conduct the New York Philharmonic at a rehearsal for one of his Young People's Concerts, circa fall 1962. Bob Serating /New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives hide caption
Composer George Walker takes a bow at a performance of his Pulitzer winning piece, Lilacs, in California in1996. Luis Sinco/LA Times/Getty Images hide caption
Leonard Bernstein conducting at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1963. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein, in 1970, at a London press conference. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
A still from The Unchanging Sea. Bill Morrison hide caption
A stained glass window depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela at Regina Mundi church in Soweto, South Africa. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Minnesota Orchestra Honors Nelson Mandela By Bringing Music To South Africa
Daniele Gatti has been fired from his post as chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Pablo Faccinetto hide caption
The Philadelphia Orchestra is adding music by Anna Clyne to its upcoming season. Javier Oddo/Boosey & Hawks hide caption
Christian Tetzlaff's new album features the two Violin Concertos by Béla Bartók. Giorgia Bertazzi hide caption
Conductor and composer Oliver Knussen, seen here in 1994, died July 8 at the age of 66. Frans Schellekens/Redferns via Getty Images hide caption
Elisabeth Moss stars in a new short film directed by George Belfield, with music by Max Richter. George Belfield hide caption