Immanuel 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.

'Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America' explores the impact of Japanese-American incarceration on modern American design. One of its six featured artists is S. Neil Fujita, whose work is known to legions of jazz fans.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.