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This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

The ebullient nonagenarian’s new recording features music she’s been playing for nearly a century.

On a new album, the classical stars revisit the concerto Williams composed specifically for Ma, as well as some of Williams’ most affecting film scores.

Gentle music from the bucolic English countryside pervades this tranquil Tiny Desk (home) concert by Roger Eno, with a special appearance by his two daughters.

A pianist widely admired by his fellow artists, Radu Lupu was known for his interpretations of Brahms, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, among others. Lupu retired from performing in 2019.

The bureau said previously that it believes the census results are “fit to use” for reallocating each state’s share of congressional seats and Electoral College votes, as well as redrawing voting districts.

The world-famous cellist made a personal stand with Ukraine on Monday, setting up his instrument on the sidewalk in Washington, D.C., next to an improvised street sign reading, “Zelensky Way.”

Arts therapies appear to ease brain disorders from Parkinson’s to PTSD. Now, artists and scientists have launched an effort to understand how these treatments change the brain.

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.

The Pulitzer Prize winner, whose music enveloped everything from the horrors of the Vietnam War to the calls of humpback whales, died Sunday.

Scott Simon speaks with conductor Marin Alsop about “The Conductor,” a new film tracing her storied life and career in classical music.

Hear the violinist, celebrated for her beautiful tone, in a surprise gift from a departed composer.

A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children’s book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own.

Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has completed a long-held dream, an opera based on the mythic Greek character Iphigenia, with help from singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

It’s rare for any classical musician to capture the attention of a mainstream audience these days. However, that’s exactly what brother and sister Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason have both achieved.