Arts Desk
Throughout the week
Listen to WRTI's Arts Desk features for a daily look into music in the Philadelphia region.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra is going deeper into China than ever before, into the Hunan province where modern arts centers have only existed for a few…
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The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters presented WRTI with two awards on May 5th at their annual luncheon. Senior Arts and Culture Producer Susan…
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The Philadelphia Orchestra has played unstaged concert versions of operas before...but never like this. The opera is Salome, with the famous "Dance of the…
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Pennsylvania Ballet, this week, performs the penultimate program of its 50th-anniversary year. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, the season reflects a…
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Classical serenades by chamber ensembles were often light, outdoor entertainment in late 18th-century Vienna. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, this week’s…
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A new film portraying the life story of one of Philadelphia's most prominent musical leaders has its U.S. premiere this week. As WRTI's Jim Cotter…
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The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced a new roster of conductors, selected by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin, to lead the ensemble in a growing…
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Don Juan, one of fiction's most infamous scoundrels, returns to the opera stage in Philadelphia next week. As WRTI's Jim Cotter reports, Opera…
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The third annual Center City Jazz Festival is coming up on Saturday, April 19th There are 16 bands performing in a six-hour period, in four venues in…
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All across the country, April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). In Philadelphia, JAM's month-long series of concerts, workshops, and events - including…