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A Music Lesson with Victor Wooten

Five-time Grammy award winner and bass icon Victor Wooten talks about tackling a new challenge: writing a concerto for electric bass.

The Vienna Philharmonic performing its customary New Year's Day Concert in a dazzlingly adorned concert hall

George PrestonDecember 29, 2020

Waltzes in a Pandemic: How Vienna Phil Will Continue Its New Year’s Tradition

Associated PressDecember 26, 2020

Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98

WFMTDecember 17, 2020

KAIA String Quartet Wishes You a Happy Holiday

Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk

Associated PressJuly 22, 2022

Seeger, a Harvard dropout who died in 2014 at age 94, wrote or co-wrote “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.”

U2, George Clooney, Amy Grant among Kennedy Center honorees

Associated PressJuly 21, 2022

Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Gladys Knight and acclaimed Cuban-born American composer Tania León are also among the honorees.

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Celebrate Beethoven 250 with a Beautiful Biographical Film

WFMTDecember 15, 2020

As the world celebrates the 250th birth anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven, stream the film that traces the young Ludwig, known to family and friends as “Louis,” in his journey from a musical prodigy to an eminent composer.

What Are Shape Notes? Jeannette Sorrell of Apollo’s Fire Explains

Candice AgreeDecember 9, 2020

Although shape notes were introduced in 18th-century England, this unique musical notation found popularity in the United States: first in New England and later in the American South. It’s recently experienced a renaissance of sorts...

Video: Ascendant Violinist Joshua Brown Plays Debussy, Wieniawski, and Clara Schumann

Keegan MorrisDecember 9, 2020

With collaborative pianist Milana Pavchinskaya, Brown gave a sensitive, engrossing performance to an empty audience in the Chicago Cultural Center.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff