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This week in Fanfare: Paavo Järvi leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in a concert of Prokofiev and Debussy, among other exalted highlights.

In Moment's Notice this week: the Danilo Pérez Trio brings enlightenment, Kris Davis presents a new chamber suite.

For Opera Day, WRTI has teamed up with the Academy of Vocal Arts to broadcast a vibrant production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Tune in on Nov. 9 at 1 p.m.

Tune in on Opera Day, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m., to hear a classic 1968 recording of Donizetti's 'La fille du régiment,' featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and a young Luciano Pavarotti.

Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his scores for Mission: Impossible and more than 200 other films and TV shows, including Bullitt, Mannix and Cool Hand Luke, has died.

Vocalist Michael Mayo reached new heights through his latest album Fly, with the project earning the crooner his first Grammy nominations of his career.

Classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa is a YouTube star. Reactions to her divisive and fiercely political Twitter account became the catalyst for a string of problems at the Toronto Symphony.

The Icelandic composer talks about the creative forces behind her distinctive music, her presence in the movie Tár and the "dome of energy" that fuels her country's artistic productivity.

Bassist Christian McBride has formed a new band, Ursa Major, around an ideal of stylistic flexibility. It features younger players who grew up watching his peer group stretch, as he explains in this conversation with WRTI's Nate Chinen.

One of Billie Holiday's most iconic songs is "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a lynching. But they might not realize that he's also tied to an iconic event in America's history.