"Leon Bates helped me to bring more of my authentic self to the stage," recalls pianist Dynasty Battles, who will honor his late mentor in a solo recital this Saturday in Germantown. Read more in Battles' interview with John T.K. Scherch.
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Listen to The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on Demand
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Jessica Griffin / The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you an encore presentation of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, featuring Orchestra principals. Esa-Pekka Salnonen conducts. -
Stuttgart Radio Symphony/The Philadelphia OrchestraJoin us on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Ravel, Strauss and Bruch, with violinist Gil Shaham and conductor Stéphane Denève.
The Late Set Podcast
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Jazz radio has never had a better friend than Rhonda Hamilton, who's spent the last 50 years broadcasting with her trademark warmth, integrity and composure. As she receives the 2026 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, she joined us for a conversation brimming with insights -
SML is one of our era's most beguiling bands: a collective rooted in group improv, with a blend of loopy groove, staticky texture and shifting timbre. Three of the band's five members — bassist Anna Butterss, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and synthesist Jeremiah Chiu — join Julian Booker to talk about their commitment to shared discovery.
WRTI News Stories
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Nearly a dozen gifted young singers have been announced as semifinalists in the 2026 Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition, to be held next month in Paris. -
We wish all of our listeners observing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a happy and healthy New Year. -
The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2026 NEA Jazz Masters with a tribute concert in Los Angeles. Watch a livestream at wrti.org on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 11 p.m. ET.
