Grammy Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham made his professional debut at age 10, an age when most are hardly even thinking about professional work of any kind.
Grammy-Winning Violinist Gil Shaham’s Advice for Young Musicians
New Opera Exposes Horrors of My Lai Massacre
Growing up, composer Jonathan Berger reflects, “there was an enormous amount of talk in my house about what really constitutes patriotism, what is a right war and a wrong war…”
Mystery Writer Sara Paretsky’s 5 Favorite Pieces of ‘Mysterious’ Classical Music
Chicago-based author Sara Paretsky is known for her crime and detective novels, but what may be less well-known is that Paretsky is a longtime fan of classical music.
Blair Tindall, Author of ‘Mozart in the Jungle,’ on Her Best-Selling Book and the Hit TV Series
Blair Tindall’s Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music shocked readers when it exposed some of the low points of high culture.
Kent Nagano’s ‘Violent Shift from the Status Quo’
This idea of hearing something new in live music underscores Nagano’s overall outlook of the concert experience.