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Mei-Ann Chen in action — the conductor's motion is both sharp and blurry in an evocative portrait

AAPI Month Highlights and Concerts

Radio highlights and local events that honor Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage.

Adela SkowronskiNovember 18, 2025

New Releases Nov. 18: With Voices Raised

WFMTNovember 14, 2025

Recreating Music of the American Revolution

Gautier Capuçon plays his cello in the outdoors

Adela SkowronskiNovember 11, 2025

New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration

Two male singers front an early music ensemble and a row of women singers and a row of male singers. A conductor faces the ensemble.

New Releases Feb 3: Music by the Sea

Adela SkowronskiFebruary 3, 2026

New music from a few countries by the water – Estonia, Latvia, and the British Isles – is added to WFMT’s music library. From elsewhere in Europe, Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 present new works of Jan Dismas Zelenka, a composer born in Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). Plus, two celebrated pianists dedicate their latest recordings to women composers and ...

New Releases Jan 27: World Premieres

Adela SkowronskiJanuary 27, 2026

Pianist-composer Hayato Sumino, violinist Linda Hedlund, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato with Time for Three present world premieres.

Playlists

Playlist: Celebrating the New American Canon

Playlist: Keepin’ it unreal with pioneering composer and artist Moondog

Playlist: Classical Music Inspired by Flowers and Nature

Playlist: Classical Music For Mother’s Day

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New Releases Nov. 4: Women’s Voices

Adela SkowronskiNovember 4, 2025

Karina Canellakis continues her collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Altera's arranges Christmas music for women's voices, and more.

Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening.

Associated PressNovember 3, 2025

The healing power of song may sound intuitive given music’s deep roots in human culture. But the science of whether and how music dulls acute and chronic pain — technically called music-induced analgesia — is just catching up.

Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83

Associated PressOctober 29, 2025

A winner of two Grammy awards, the Chicago-born DeJohnette began his musical life as a classical pianist before pivoting to the drums.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree