An Unusual Undertaking: Pianist Preps for 12+ Hour Performance

This weekend, while many are preparing to tune in to the Big Game, one artist will be embarking on a uniquely athletic and strenuous concert more than 12 hours in length. Carl J. LaMark, a pianist and composer who hails from the Chicago area, will be performing Erik Satie’s full Vexations beginning the morning on Sunday, February 2 (and lasting ...

Famed Welsh singer Bryn Terfel breaks ankle in three places

Bryn Terfel broke an ankle in three places and will have surgery this week, causing him to cancel what would have been his first performances at the Metropolitan Opera since 2012.

Video: Hearing Rameau Arranged for Guitar Duo Might Make 18th Century Music First in Your Heart

Eden Stell Guitar Duo performed live in the WFMT studios and proved that French baroque music is full of sensualité.

Video: Anne-Sophie Mutter On What Every Musician Should Know That They Can’t Learn in School

When four-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter visited the WFMT studios, she shared what she thinks every musician should know that you can’t learn in school.

From Ghetto to Palazzo: How a Jewish Composer in Renaissance Italy Harmonized Two Worlds

Salamone Rossi's skill as a violinist and composer was highly valued at the Catholic court of Mantua. But as a Jew, he was still was seen as an interloper.