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Vilma Jää (above) as Markéta and Joyce DiDonato (below) as the Waitress in a scene from Saariaho's "Innocence."

The Met Opera on WRTI: Kaija Saariaho's 'Innocence'

Tune in on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Kaija Saariaho's opera Innocence.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.

Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.

A scene from the Met Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

The Met Opera on WRTI: Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'

Tune in on May 2 at 1 p.m. to hear The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin.

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers has spent much of her decades-long career commissioning new works by contemporary composers.

Three albums in 3 months? No sweat for violinist Anne Akiko Meyers

The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself.

The adventurous, Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth collaborate with songwriter Gabriel Kahane on the new album, Elevator Songs.

Going up! 'Elevator Songs' is a high-concept, emotionally turbulent ride

On a new album, the experimental vocal group Roomful of Teeth and songwriter Gabriel Kahane take up residence in a multidimensional hotel with a time-traveling elevator and a quirky clientele.

Composer John Luther Adams, photographed in his outdoor studio in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 2017.

The dissenting musical life of John Luther Adams

The Pulitzer-winning composer, whose unconventional music reflects the rugged landscapes he lives in, talks about his relationship to nature and his new piece Horizon.

The 1808 Érard piano that Napoleon gifted to his second wife, Marie-Louise, is on long-term loan from the Museum of Music History to the Cobbe Collection of historic instruments outside London.

Napoleon's piano lends authenticity to Ridley Scott's biopic

British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott's biopic of the one-time emperor.

Clair Omar Musser with his marimba-celeste, which he designed for the Deagan company.

The marimbist and inventor who put mallet percussion on the map

The most important figure in the development of mallet percussion was Clair Omar Musser, a native of Lancaster County. His legacy lives on in a remarkable facility at Kutztown University, where we recently joined Gary Burton for a tour.

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who died last week at age 81, left a huge and widely ranging catalog of recordings.

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Watch the International Jazz Day Global Concert, from Chicago

Herbie Hancock presides over the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Chicago on Thursday, April 30 at 8 p.m. ET. Watch the video stream here at WRTI.

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