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Jazz is strange enough for some listeners. Dig a little deeper and it gets ever so bizarre. Some musicians take instruments from other traditions and make it their own. Some go for the big and bold. Others just invent. Hear the strange worlds of Cloud Chamber Bowls, the daxophone, mollusks and more.

The influential Japanese composer died March 28 from cancer. A wide-ranging musician, the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder was a synth-pop idol and the writer of sweeping movie scores.

Aaron Copland's ode to Abraham Lincoln has long captured the popular imagination, in myriad interpretations. Its message feels pointedly relevant on this Election Day.

At least as far as new classical releases are concerned, 2024 could not be off to a more exciting start. Halfway through the year, here are five favorites picked by our Classical Program Director, Zev Kane.

This week's Moment's Notice brings a great selection of performances from across the city, including the Dezron Douglas Quartet at Solar Myth, Nate Smith at City Winery, the Tim Brey Sextet at Chris' Jazz Cafe, and more.

This week in Moment's Notice: the Immanuel Wilkins Quartet plays at the Barnes Foundation's 'First Friday,' André 3000 plays flute at The Met, the Joe Block Open Heart Trio alternates singers at South Jazz Kitchen, and more.

A recent east coast premiere of 'The Comet / Poppea,' presented by Curtis Opera Theatre, was a reminder of how Philadelphia has become a new epicenter for bold contemporary opera.

David F. Gibson, whose precise and hard-driving beat powered legacy editions of the Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway orchestras, and other bands big and small, died on July 30. He was 72.

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you a performance featuring Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" symphony, a suite from Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, and Saariaho's Graal théâtre. Rafael Payare is on the podium, alongside violinist Carolin Widmann in her debut with the orchestra.

Meet 16-year-old harpist Catalina Vasquez Calderon, a junior at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, where she plays in orchestra, the Baroque ensemble, and marching band, and studies harp through a partnership between Northeast High School and the Lyra Society.