Oct 01 Watch Violinist Joshua Bell’s full 2014 performance at Washington’s Union Station By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Sep 30 Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell delights masses at DC subway concert By Victoria Fleischer, Anne Azzi Davenport Back in 2007, pedestrians hurried by without realizing that the busker playing at the entrance to a Washington, D.C., Metro stop was none other than the Grammy-winning Joshua Bell. Today, Bell set up at the entrance of Union Station, but… Continue reading
Sep 28 Hush falls on Atlanta Symphony Hall as musicians remain locked out By Carey Reed The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has canceled its concerts until Nov. 8, following a breakdown in contract negotiations between musician unions and management, and the resulting lockout of musicians. Continue reading
Sep 05 Agnes Obel taps into the piano’s ‘dreamy nature’ By Victoria Fleischer Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel grew up surrounded by guitars, pianos, marimbas and double basses. Her father collected and sold instruments and her mother was a classical pianist, so perhaps music was in her blood. Continue reading
Jul 14 For the young acolytes of maestro Lorin Maazel, the show goes on By Margaret Warner Margaret Warner narrates “Peter and the Wolf” Sunday at the Castleton Festival. Photo courtesy of The Castleton FestivalWhen I was asked to narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at the Castleton Music Festival this year, I was… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Singer Jessye Norman on the importance of arts education By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jan 20 La Scala, Berlin Philharmonic conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80 By Ellen Rolfes Italian conductor Claudio Abbado died peacefully in Bologna at the age of 80. He will be remembered for his extraordinary conducting skills, a teacher who championed both new music and new talent. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch Pianist Jeremy Denk on "the ‘weirdnesses’ of great music" Pianist Jeremy Denk spoke to Jeffrey Brown before a recital at the Kennedy Center. Continue watching