NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with musician and composer Jon Batiste about his new album, "Beethoven Blues," in which he riffs on classical favorites.

Congratulations to WXXI Classical Midday host Steve Johnson on recently being honored with the Alfred Mann Dissertation Award for 2024.

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GMF presents an 8-concert series of captivating compositions, compelling turns inward and outward, from what is to what might be, of worlds we inhabit and ones yet to be imagined, of concerns and of hope.

Attracting talent from around the world the RIVC has launched the careers of artists who have gone on to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston, Pittsburgh and across Europe.

A new children’s opera at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York is unusual for many reasons, including the story of how its composer got into music in the first place.