Category: NPR Music: Classical

Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly to blame.

Our updated list of the year’s best songs includes a sweet reflection from beabadoobee, Nathy Peluso’s wildly infectious “Aprender A Amar,” the mind-blowing virtuosity of pianist Yuja Wang and more. Featured songs and artists:1. Nathy Peluso: “APRENDER A AMAR,” from ‘GRASA’2. Jakob Lindberg: “Musette” and “Tombeau” from ‘Robert de Visée: Theorbo Solos’3. Brijean: “Workin’ On… Read more »

The name of the great contralto and civil rights icon now lives above the doors to the grand hall in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka “Petunia” — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.

Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov’s anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.

The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.

Giacomo Puccini’s final opera Turandot gets a brand new ending premiered in Washington, with music by a composer known for video game tunes and a librettist who produced ‘Succession’

The composer and percussionist was “shocked beyond belief” after hearing the news on Monday afternoon.

Madlib’s music feels like a magic trick. On this edition of 8 Tracks, we bow down to Madlib’s mastery, plus check out new music by Charly Bliss, Fana Hues and reminisce on an old Ted Leo record.