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Voguing Meets Classical in Stunning New Music Video

Music and motion come together beautifully in a new video featuring dancers Jason Rodriguez and José Lapaz Rodriguez and set to music by pianist and composer Chad Lawson.

Stephen Raskauskas | June 9, 2015

What If Nina Simone Had Been a Classical Pianist?

WFMT | May 14, 2015

Minnesota Orchestra To Perform Historic Concerts in Cuba

David Polk | May 12, 2015

Listen: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Piece of Music that Changed His Life

Aretha Franklin doc ‘Amazing Grace’ to finally see the light

Associated Press | November 5, 2018

Sydney Pollack shot most of the footage that documented Franklin's performance at a Los Angeles Baptist church in January 1972.

8 US Presidents You Didn’t Know Were Musicians

Hannah Edgar | November 5, 2018

Did you know that some of our nation’s leaders past and present could hold their own at a conductor’s podium? Regardless of their political party, many presidents from Jefferson to Nixon to Obama might all agree on one thing: music is important in our lives.

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Playlist: 6 Songs to Welcome the Merry Month of May

Stephen Raskauskas | April 30, 2015

“April is the cruelest month,” T.S. Eliot famously wrote. But May is here, and what better way to welcome this merry month than with music? Here are six songs to help you say goodbye to April showers and say hello to May flowers.

Mezzo Jamie Barton Receives $50K Richard Tucker Award

Stephen Raskauskas | April 28, 2015

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton was just named the recipient of the 2015 Richard Tucker Award, a prestigious honor conferred annually and informally dubbed the “Heisman Trophy of Opera."

WFMT’s Top 10 Reads on World Book Day

Stephen Raskauskas | April 23, 2015

Today is World Book Day, a yearly event celebrated worldwide on April 23rd and organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. Looking for a good read to celebrate World Book Day? We at WFMT have picked some of our favorite reads to share with you.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff