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Grammys 2022: See All the Classical+ Nominees (And Winners)

The 64th Grammy Awards will occur on Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas. Here are the categories, nominees, and eventually, winners, for the classical, jazz, and world music fields.

WFMTMay 6, 2015

Star Soprano Kate Royal on the Joys and Difficulties of Singing Rare French Works

Candice AgreeMay 5, 2015

Playlist: 5 Mexican Composers You Should Know

April 30, 2015

Playlist: 6 Songs to Welcome the Merry Month of May

Luciano Pavarotti as Enzo Grimaldo in the SF Opera’s 1979 production of La Gioconda (Photo: Ron Scherl)

Ron Howard tells Pavarotti’s ‘bittersweet’ story in new doc

Associated PressJune 4, 2019

"My hope is the film goes a step toward that agenda of his which was to democratize the art form and broaden the audience reach."

Maria Callas will return to Chicago in September. No, we’re not kidding.

Keegan MorrisJune 4, 2019

Maria Callas will return to Chicago’s Lyric Opera House for one night only... in hologram form!

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Julia Wolfe Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music

Stephen RaskauskasApril 20, 2015

Judges described Wolfe’s work, Anthracite Fields, as a “powerful oratorio for chorus and sextet evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life around the turn of the 20th Century.”

Guggenheim Fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa On Creating Music that Defies Genre

Stephen RaskauskasApril 10, 2015

To label Manhathappa's music simply as a fusion between Carnatic music and jazz would be reductive. If, anything, it represents "the beautiful multicultural state of affairs of the United States right now."

14 Facts About Haydn

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 31, 2015

As we celebrate Haydn’s Birthday on the air, enjoy these fun facts about the composer from hosts and Haydn lovers Peter Van de Graaff and Carl Grapentine. Share your favorite facts about Haydn with us in the comments below. 1. Haydn was born the year George Washington was born (1732) and died the year Abraham Lincoln was born (1809). 2. ...

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