Arts Feb 18 Yo-Yo Ma and Gabby Giffords perform ‘Sound of Silence’ to honor lives lost to gun violence By Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Sep 05 Watch 7:57 Inside the effort to make music that heals The power of music to heal—or at the least, promote well-being—is acknowledged in many cultures. But only in the past two decades have the medical and scientific communities joined together in an effort to prove its efficacy — and explore… By Mike Cerre
Nation Feb 17 Watch 4:08 The musical duo Black Violin’s Brief But Spectacular take on defying stereotypes When Kev Marcus and Wil B met in a high school music class they shared their desire to disrupt people's impressions of what classical music should be. Together they formed a group called Black Violin, which we featured on the…
Arts Feb 01 Watch 6:34 Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas on music and mentoring amid a pandemic A symphony requires all musicians playing their parts in harmony, but the pandemic makes that delicate choreography all the more challenging. Jeffrey Brown talks to maestro Michael Tilson Thomas about that and passing the baton to a younger generation as… By Jeffrey Brown, James Blue, Tommy Walters
Arts Jan 18 WATCH: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs COVID tribute In a musical tribute to COVID victims, Washington state’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performed Samuel Barber’s sorrowful “Adagio for Strings” inside a largely empty concert hall and for an audience online. By Joshua Barajas
Mar 30 Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86 By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world's most popular contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like "The Shining" and "Shutter Island," died Sunday. He was 86. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 7:03 Yo-Yo Ma on encouraging ‘Songs of Comfort’ amid global crisis Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s most renowned and beloved musicians, is trying to provide comfort in this time of crisis. Ma has been posting videos of himself performing short pieces and encouraging other musicians -- of all levels --… Continue watching
Dec 17 What caused Beethoven’s deafness? By Dr. Howard Markel It is a query that has invited many diagnoses over the last 200 years. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 7:32 What this music revival means for Polish cultural identity Young musicians in Poland are reviving what they are calling the country’s golden era -- which was cut short by the Nazi invasion and World War II. Dances from the 1930s such as the foxtrot and tango are making a… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 8:05 How violinist Gaelynn Lea is redefining who can be a musician By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Gaelynn Lea is transforming our cultural understanding of who can be a musician. A congenital disability called osteogenesis imperfecta caused her bones to break more than 40 times while she was in the womb. But the violinist is known for… Continue watching