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The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.

This week, Moment's Notice hails two top organ trios — one with Larry Goldings, the other with Pat Bianchi — as well as marquee gigs by pianist Emmet Cohen and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana.

We may be experiencing a heat wave, but the music this week is keeping it cool. Catch Josh Lawrence at the Black Squirrel, Ari Hoenig at Chris', Matmos at Solar Myth and more.

October 19, 2020. Songs can entertain and touch us with emotions, from happiness to humor to heartbreak. The Contrast, a new release by soprano Carolyn…

May 17, 2021. Pianist Yoko Miwa moved from Kobe, Japan to Boston in 1997 almost on a lark. She planned to study maybe a year at Berklee College of Music,…

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

In the 1960s, European musicians began to reinvent the occasionally strident sounds of American avant-garde jazz to suit their own ideas. Norway, in particular, produced its own distinct regional aesthetic — no doubt influenced by its icy landscape.

In this Fall Preview edition of Fanfare, WRTI's Classical Program Director, Zev Kane, shares the classical events he's looking forward to most in the coming season.

In this week's Fanfare, there's no shortcoming of phenomenal performances: The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mahler's Third Symphony, Tempesta di Mare presents "Stolen," The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia plays Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, and more.

This week's Fanfare brings us three outstanding string ensembles, a star pianist, and a performance of Stravinsky's The Firebird between it all.