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The violinist, composer, conductor and mentor of generations of string players was 97 years old.

In 30 years of hosting All Things Considered, Robert Siegel says he's enjoyed "peeking inside the brains" of today's most intriguing classical musicians. Hear a few of his favorite interviews.

The award-winning jazz artist performs original compositions and a set of standards during this 1991 episode.

Join us on on Sunday, November 7th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, November 8th at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2, to hear a Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast from 2017 that brings you a work very familiar through recordings, but not often performed in the concert hall: Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

On the first single from Old Fashioned Gal, Edmonson pines for a respite from pop-up ads and notifications, for a phone "inextricably connected to a wall."

Violinist Augustin Hadelich unveils the world premiere of an adorable animated short film where the music of Paganini and a clowder of music-loving felines collide.

It was only five years ago. Phoenix Best was 19 years old and selling tickets to Les Misérables as part of her job at Ticket Philadelphia when she went to…

Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls "the most astounding pianist of our age," play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged behind the Tiny Desk.

Two composers—working centuries apart—come together in Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. WRTI’s Susan Lewis has the story about what became one of Vaughn Williams' most successful orchestral works.

Apparently last year’s Essential Jazz Artist Countdown was missing something warm, spicy, and soulful. You have spoken and let us know that one of the…