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This week's Fanfare brings you performances from Roderick Williams with Julius Drake to Steven Isserlis with Connie Shih, and more.

On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Meet 16-year-old violinist Danae Truxler, a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Temple Music Prep Center for Gifted Young Musicians' Youth Chamber Orchestra, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride introduces two embodiments of musical versatility from the Pacific Northwest: trombonist Julian Priester and vocalist Ernestine Anderson.

In 1968, a teenager convinced Thelonious Monk to play a concert at his high school to ease racial tensions in his community. More than 50 years later, it's been rediscovered and remastered.

Gabriela Ortiz with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Karen Slack with Michelle Cann, and Donald Nally with The Crossing were among the classical music winners at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

If the winners circle for jazz felt familiar at the Grammys this year, there's good reason. So what's the problem?

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

Susan Alcorn, who devised a visionary lexicon for pedal steel guitar in creative and improvised music, died on Jan. 31 in Baltimore. She was 71.

Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album Journey in Black reflects "the expansiveness of the Black experience."