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For classical violinists, three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and Bach’s Chaconne in D minor. Min-Young Kim recently came to WRTI with a bold version of the piece featuring four singers, members of Variant 6.

This celebration honors this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes and Sue Mingus. Watch live Sat, April 1, 7:30 p.m. ET!

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life.

A new collection of recordings finally freed from the vaults offers a chance to hear one of opera's greatest artists sing Wagner, Strauss, Berlioz and more.

Pablo Batista, Papo Vazquez and Elio Villafranca join forces at Taller Puertorriqueño to honor the legacy of Jesse Malpica-Bermudez on April 4, what would have been his 80th birthday.

Pairing a four-voice choir with a host of exploratory Chicago musicians, Angel Bat Dawid's 'Requiem for Jazz' straddles African-American spirituals and so-called spiritual jazz.

With headliners like Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Kamasi Washington and Jon Batiste, the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival suggests a barometer of the music's mainstream.

Ndegeocello doesn't conform to anybody else's idea of the celestial plane. When she sings of supernovas, she sounds like a witness.

Richard Wagner's 'Lohengrin' will air at noon on Saturday on WRTI 90.1 FM and at wrti.org.

The soulful organist Shirley Scott, who would have turned 89 on March 14, combined a pianistic touch with an edge of Philly grit — a balance spotlighted in several new releases spanning her career.