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  • The World Watches Syria: What Will It Do?
    As the violence in Syria continues, the international community has been unable to do much more than condemn it. Host Scott Simon talks with Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the mounting debate over intervention and the new humanitarian access to the country.
  • Vijay Iyer: Self-Taught Jazz Pianist Goes 'Solo'
    A jazz pianist and bandleader, Iyer is one of the most critically acclaimed musicians of the past decade. He also has a masters in physics. Here, he explains why he decided to switch to a full-time career as a jazz musician, and describes what influenced his album Solo.
  • Because of a bitter labor dispute, the Minnesota Orchestra has not played a single performance in its concert hall this year. The orchestra's music director, Osmo Vanska (pictured here), resigned in October.
    As The Year Closes, A Concert Hall Remains Empty
    By the time 2013 ends, the Minnesota Orchestra will not have played a single note in its own concert hall due to a labor dispute between musicians and management. It's an emblem of the problems facing non-profit arts institutions around the country.
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi developed a reputation as a fierce bebop player. But she says she wasn't completely accepted in the jazz world as a woman and an Asian.
    Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra Brought The Club To Concert Halls
    It's been 60 years since the Japanese musician moved to the U.S., changed the sound of the big band, and counted Oscar Peterson and Charles Mingus among her fans. It wasn't an easy road.
  • Review: St. Germain, 'St. Germain'
    The bestselling French DJ and producer returns with his first album in 15 years, aided by the great guitarist Guimba Kouyate.
  • Gustav Mahler wanted each of his symphonies to contain a world of emotions and ideas.
    A Debut Symphony That Embraced The World
    An action thriller of a symphony, Mahler's First is piled high with ambition, self-reflection and fear. Conductor Marin Alsop shares her approach to Mahler's multilayered music.
  • At 88, Jazz Master Benny Golson Is Ready for Spring Tour of Europe!
    It took ten years to write Whisper Not, The Autobiography of Benny Golson, by tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson and his longtime friend, writer…
  • Director Pablo Larraín says the film's script emphasizes the movie's aim to document feeling over fact. "It's more psychological and emotional, everything that's going on," he says.
    'Jackie' Shows A First Lady Behind Closed Doors — But The Music Is Front And Center
    The score for the new film, which stars Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy grappling with the death of her husband, was written by 29-year old English composer Mica Levi (a.k.a. Micachu).
  • The U.S. Supreme Court.
    Americans Want The Supreme Court To Open Up; Here's Why It Won't
    While polls show most Americans would like the court to televise its proceedings, the justices have long been worried that what they say and do could be taken out of context. And they haven't been impressed by what's happened to other institutions.
  • In Conservative California, Confusion And Contempt For Health Law
    The uninsured have a particular stake in next week's Supreme Court hearings on the federal health law. Residents of a largely conservative region in California where 1 out of every 3 people lack coverage share their attitudes toward "Obamacare."
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