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Eleven young jazz vocalists from around the globe will compete this weekend in the 2026 Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Watch a livestream of the semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. WRTI will also carry a feed of the Competition finals and gala concert, Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationImmanuel Wilkins, a saxophonist born and raised in the Philadelphia area, is one of 20 new MacArthur Fellows. He has a long collaborative history with WRTI.
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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.
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Lawrence Brownlee and Anthony Roth Costanzo are among the stars in Opera Philadelphia's season-opening production of 'Mitridate, re di Ponto,' which Mozart composed at age 14. -
"I think of America as this melting pot of somewhat disjointed ideas and many different interpretations of what freedom is," says Christian McBride, who composed a new song manifesting that idea.
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During a recent visit to Philadelphia, the dazzling pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason joined WRTI's Zev Kane to talk about scaling musical heights, keeping her equilibrium, and coming up in "Britain's most musical family." -
Join J. Michael Harrison on The Bridge this Friday as he welcomes filmmaker Donn T, music educator Lovett Hines, and students participating in the Boysie Lowery Living Jazz Residency. -
LeBron James, the new star addition to the Sixers roster, favors classical music and "old-school jazz" in his pre-game warmup. So we thought we'd help out with a musical introduction to the City of Brotherly Love. -
Chris Entwistle and Mark Havens, designers based in Philadelphia, teamed up to create a lavish book about the midcentury aesthetic of Prestige Records. They talk about it, and share choice images, in this Q&A with Josh Jackson. -
Don Byron gives insight on the cinematic inspirations behind his new piece Quartet for Saxophones, which PRISM Quartet will premiere in Germantown on Saturday, June 6. -
Dozens of musicians will converge for a memorial tribute to Jack DeJohnette on Aug. 9 in Kingston, NY, with all proceeds going to a pair of local service organizations. -
As the new leader of the Seattle-based nonprofit big band, Philadelphia piano-composer Orrin Evans plans to evolve SRJO's sound and foster a sense of community.
