Category: NPR Music: Classical

Absent from the recording studio for more than a decade, the restless musician has commissioned six composers for his new album.

The intrepid champion of new music turns her attention to female composers, offering a sampler of works by women across four centuries, including a favorite of Louis XIV and an Ethiopian nun.

With plenty of humor, the octogenarian talks about her far-reaching career — including why she fled the modernist school of composers — and some mysterious visitations from her dead heroes.

The opera star who once sang on stages around the world suddenly pleaded guilty to sexual assault on Friday. The assaulted man, singer Samuel Schultz, reflects on the experiences he has endured.

The Columbia University professor and New York Times columnist traces the intersecting lines of race and music in American history.

In their new book On Minimalism, musicologists William Robin and Kerry O’Brien capture the lesser-known stories of the musical movement and its development, era by era.

The pianist, who died last week, was an inspiration to a generation of Black and brown pianists who followed in his pioneering footsteps.

The intrepid violinist undertakes some of the most challenging solo violin music, marking the centenary of its creation by composer Eugéne Ysaÿe.

Octavia Butler’s novel Parable of the Sower — depicting a dystopian U.S. in 2024 — was published 30 years ago. Toshi Reagon’s new musical retelling explores the web of past, present and future.

The widely acclaimed pianist serves up nearly 200-year-old music by Chopin mixed with a contemporary work that looks back in time.