Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Sarah Kirkland Snider Rachel Grimes and Caroline Shaw on the cover of The Blue Hour. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Composer Julia Wolfe at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of her piece Her Story on Sept. 15, 2022. Kurt Heinecke/Nashville Symphony hide caption
Our biggest orchestras are finally playing more music by women. What took so long?
Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote pastoral music during profoundly turbulent times. ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images hide caption
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena's recital at the LA Opera. Lawrence K. Ho hide caption
The new interior of David Geffen Hall, during a New York Philharmonic tuning session. Michael Moran/New York Philharmonic hide caption
Stripped to the bones: Why a new NYC concert hall sounds so much better
Composer and trumpeter Etienne Charles, in a portrait taken inside the newly renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Lawrence Sumulong/Courtesy of Lincoln Center hide caption
Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center
Conductor Marin Alsop on her upcoming performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Composer Steve Reich at London's Royal College of Music, where he received an honorary Doctorate of Music in 2016. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
The Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption
Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?
Lizzo plays President James Madison's crystal flute in the flute vault at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26, 2022. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption
Dancer Calvin "Cal" Hunt during rehearsals for Tyshawn Sorey's Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Park Avenue Armory on Sept. 24, 2022. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR hide caption
Julia Bollock Grant Legan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pianist and composer Chad Lawson hopes his music can heal people struggling with mental health challenges. Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
Composer Julia Wolfe's latest work, Her Story, receives its world premiere in Nashville on Sept. 15, 2022. Peter Serling/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
San Francisco Opera prompter Matthew Piatt sits in the prompter's box at the War Memorial Opera House. Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
Randall Goosby performs a Tiny Desk concert. NPR hide caption
Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at age 51. He had cancer. Gioriga Bertazzi/Askonas Holt hide caption
Nannette Streicher Piano Kimberly Junod /WXPN hide caption
Piano Maker Nannette Streicher on World Cafe
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Vienna Central Cemetery Walk on World Cafe
On his new album, Sean Shibe ditches his nylon-strung classical guitar for a Fender Stratocaster. Iga Gozdowska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Deceptive Cadence
Sean Shibe, a shape-shifting artist, redefines the idea of a classical guitarist
Sean Shibe, a shape-shifting artist, redefines the idea of a classical guitarist
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The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday. /Richard Termine hide caption