Arts Desk
Throughout the week
Listen to WRTI's Arts Desk features for a daily look into music in the Philadelphia region.
Latest Episodes
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There's good news emanating from the Opera Company of Philadelphia. We speak with General Director David Devan.Susan Lewis profiles the Philadelphia-based…
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David Patrick Stearns profiles Meagan Miller. The West Chester soprano is a rising star in the opera world.We explore an innovative exhibition at the Penn…
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Jim Cotter speaks with Yannick Nezet-Seguin, music director designate of The Philadelphia Orchestra.Susan Lewis takes us to the Philadelphia Museum of Art…
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A conversation with violinist Leila Josefowicz. The MacArthur Fellowship (so-called Genius Award) recipient speaks with Jim Cotter about her new role as…
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David Patrick Stearns looks ahead to an internationally simulcast Philadelphia Orchestra concert featuring the superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang.?Susan…
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Susan Lewis profiles Tempesta Di Mare. The Philadelphia-based Baroque orchestra is celebrating its 10th anniversary with concerts featuring fanfares,…
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The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns profiles the late Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti.Susan Lewis considers 20th-century…
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Wanamaker Organist Peter Richard Conte--The Curtis Institute of Music--Renaissance Wind Band PiffaroJim Cotter speaks with Peter Richard Conte, the Grand Court Organist of the Wanamaker Organ. Conte is the soloist in a concert with the Symphony in C…
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David Patrick Stearns looks ahead to the Opera Company of Philadelphia's season-opening performance of Bizet's Carmen. A full house is expected at the…
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David Patrick Stearns explores choreographer Xavier Le Roy's More Mouvements fur Lachenmann, a Philadelphia Live Arts Festival presentation.Susan Lewis…