Steve Mundinger
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Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
Herbie Hancock and Kurt Elling served as co-hosts of the 2026 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at Lyric Opera of Chicago, proudly putting their city at the center of the frame.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Allie Ippolito/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, April 26 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra performing Jennifer Higdon's Concerto for Orchestra, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini, and the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist. -
Jessica Griffin / The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, April 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, featuring Orchestra principals. Esa-Pekka Salnonen conducts.
Béla Fleck at Vintage Instruments
Watch the banjo virtuoso's full conversation with Nate Chinen, for The Late Set.
The Late Set Podcast
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We're getting ready to celebrate International Jazz Day, at a moment of roiling global tensions. It feels like a great time to connect with Kresten Osgood — a Danish drummer, composer and commentator, host of the podcast Dangerous Sounds. -
WRTI News Stories
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Chicago is hosting this year's International Jazz Day. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Nate Chinen, who is covering the event for Philadelphia's WRTI jazz station. -
Tune in on May 2 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. -
Join host Mark Pinto on WRTI on May 3 from 3-6 p.m. for a new edition of Sunday Classical: New Releases, which includes a spotlight on two crossover efforts: Pekka Suusisto and Sam Amidon combining classical and American folk music; and Aldo López-Gavilán, Ricardo Morales, and the Boulder Philharmonic fusing classical, jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
