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With bold harmonies, pointillist texture and winding rhythms, Ólafsson's composition offers — in less than two minutes — a distinctly modern sound that looks toward the future.

What’s a kid from West Chester, PA know about the soul of New Orleans jazz? A little more than you’d think.

Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, who grew up listening to modern jazz, pop, and alternative rock, has become one of today’s classical music stars.

With sets shipped from Europe stuck on a boat that can't dock because of coronavirus disruption, LA Opera went to work building new sets, cramming months of work into ten days.

Piano Lessons is a compilation of recordings made by Eschenbach during the 1960s and ‘70s, before his first conducting appointment in 1981.

Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre's foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.

Host David Wright talks with blues singer Koko Taylor. Her first recording in seven years is titled, Royal Blue (Alligator Records, ALCD 4873). It features B.B.King (guitar and vocals) and Keb Mo' (on National Steel Guitar, harmonica, and vocals). Taylor sings both the Chicago and Delta Blues.

For a taste of the pianist's technique, here's a lighter mood from Shostakovich that sparkles with interlocking inner voices that ripple as clear as a mountain stream.

We mark the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a special Saturday Classical Coffeehouse program for reflection, remembrance, and healing, hosted by Mike Bolton.

Kevin Gordon's memories of his days in Spain.