The Philadelphia Orchestra is adding music by Anna Clyne to its upcoming season. Javier Oddo/Boosey & Hawks hide caption
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Two of Florence Price's Violin Concertos, considered lost for decades, have been newly recorded. G. Nelidoff/Florence Price Papers, University or Arkansas Libraries hide caption
The (No Longer) Lost Concertos Of Florence Price
The 1983 Canadian Opera Company production of Elektra, the first to use supertitles. Courtesy of Canadian Opera Company hide caption
Alan Gilbert (center) with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. He has left that orchestra and announced his new position as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphiharmonie, in Hamburg, Germany. Andrew Toth/Getty Images hide caption
Brooklyn-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein traveled to Cuba to make her recent album with a young orchestra from Havana. Now they're on tour in the U.S. Articulate hide caption
Sir Simon Rattle. Oliver Helbig/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Soprano Maria Callas at the Paris Opera in 1958. She is the subject of a new book, Maria by Callas. RDA/Getty Images hide caption
From left to right: Aria Mason (Rosalia), Ebonee Davis (Piquita) and Kenya Lawrence Jackson (La Flamenca) star in OperaCréole's production of La Flamenca. Cedric A. Ellsworth/Courtesy of OperaCréole hide caption
Actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford on the set of the original Star Wars film. The movie was originally released on May 25, 1977. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Du Yun, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer for music, considers the issues of diversity in classical music. Xiao Nan/Elle China hide caption
Missing from the music stands across top U.S. orchestras: music written by women. Maxcam2008/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Listen to Carmen talk ("Hi, honey!")
Violinist Artem Kolesov, in the coming-out video he published on YouTube. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Max Richter brings a diverse playlist with him for an NPR Music Guest DJ session. Yulia Mahr/Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
Tenor Scott Joiner and mezzo-soprano Viktoria Falcone try to find love via Tinder in a still from Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera. YouTube hide caption
Aubrey Allicock (right) portrays boxing champ Emile Griffith in his prime, along with Andrew McLaughlin, in Terence Blanchard's Champion, at Washington National Opera. Scott Suchman/Washington National Opera hide caption
A new TED Ed video explains the scientific basis of how practicing actually makes you a better performer. TED Ed hide caption
Don Giovanni (Gerald Finley, left) is pulled down to hell by the ghost of the Commendatore (Alastair Mills) in a Glyndebourne production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Mozart died 225 years ago at age 35. A new, enormous box set contains all of his music. Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum/Decca Classics hide caption
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and celebrated critic Virgil Thomson, photographed in 1972. The Library of America has brought out a second volume of his writings on music. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption
Virgil Thomson: On being a composer
Jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (pictured) and rapper Kool A.D. will present the world premiere of their new chamber piece in St. Paul, Minn. in February. Emra Islek hide caption
In 1959, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time by an all-Chinese orchestra and sung in Mandarin. Courtesy of China National Symphony Orchecstra hide caption
Florence Foster Jenkins, known for her lack of skill as a singer, photographed in the 1920s. Pictorial Parade/Getty Images hide caption
Michael Chioldi (far left) as Baron Scarpia in a January production of Puccini's Tosca by the newly reformed New York City Opera. Sarah Shatz/New York City Opera hide caption