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American composer Augusta Read Thomas.
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American composer Augusta Read Thomas.

Updated April 25, 2024 at 9:20 AM ET

Updated April 25, 2024: A tip of the hat to American composer Augusta Read Thomas, who turned 60 this week. Hear a broad range of tracks — symphonic, chamber, percussion, vocal — that display her keen agility and imagination.


Need a deep discovery experience? Try 1000 years of music in this playlist from NPR Classical's Tom Huizenga, which explores everything from new releases to old favorites, and classics from the dawn of the recording era. Our mantra: Bach, Beethoven, before and beyond.

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Tom Huizenga is a producer for NPR Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to NPR's news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on NPR Music podcasts and founded NPR's classical music blog Deceptive Cadence in 2010.