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Kris Serafin/Lucier changed the way we think about sound through monumental works like I Am Sitting in a Room and Music on a Long Thin Wire. -
Marty Reichenthal/Stephen Sondheim has died at 91. Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes looks back on her favorite Sondheim tunes.
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A violin maker in Israel has spent more than two decades painstakingly amassing a tragic collection: instruments played by Jews during the Holocaust. He calls them "Violins of Hope," and they will be displayed for the first time in the United States, and featured in a series of upcoming concerts. -
Triumph in Kinshasa, agony in Moscow and early-onset teen angst in Leipzig: all the news that's fit to link.
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Wallace Hartley left work as a bank teller to become a conductor. He spent his final moments on the deck of the Titanic, leading the ship's seven musicians in song as they sank into the North Atlantic.
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BADBADNOTGOOD makes people angry, Jack DeJohnette is celebrated and a Bill Evans documentary.
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A tempest over tutus, the Met's embattled Ring cycle, $2 tickets and much more: all the news that's fit to link.
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More than 90% of the country's schools offer it, but what students actually receive isn't clear.
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Some rare recordings by the jazz guitarist have come to light and can now be heard on the compilation Echoes of Indiana Avenue. Susan Stamberg speaks with NPR editor and guitar expert Tom Cole about the trove.
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On the BMW of harpsichords, Andreas Staier takes a drive through Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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All this week, we've been delving into Bach's 'Goldberg Variations'
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Watch an excerpt from an amazing documentary about a singular African amateur orchestra — and the struggles the musicians endure.
