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Experience live classical music over lunch in person, on the radio, and streaming online on Live from Hochstein with the young Hochstein Merit Scholarship Winners playing this concert Wednesday, April 30th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.

The British writer's breathtaking knowledge and affable prose set him apart from all others, fueling the passions of opera fans everywhere. Read reminiscences from Steane's fans and friends and hear some of his favorite singers.

Experience live classical music over lunch in person, on the radio, and streaming online on Live from Hochstein in a poetic program by the Hochstein Merit Scholarship Competition Winners Wednesday, April 29th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.

The classical flutist came back from the hospital after receiving an Alzheimer's diagnosis and felt compelled to write. The result is a stunning memoir that mixes poetry and prose.

The classical music magazine's award nominees are flush with independent labels.

Driving Around El Paso, Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ Comes on the Radio by Ray GonzalezRead by Jeffrey ClarkRay Gonzalez is the author of fifteen books…

Born in a moment of despair, as its creator was staring down hearing loss, Beethoven's Third Symphony is as odd as it is transcendent.

For the last two weeks on the WXXI-FM Mystery Piece, we’ve been counting down the Top Ten greatest symphonies ever written, according to a survey of 151…

Lara Downes is among the foremost American pianists of her generation, a trailblazer both on and off the stage, whose musical roadmap seeks inspiration from the legacies of history, family and collective memory. As a chart-topping recording artist, a powerfully charismatic performer, a curator and tastemaker, Downes is recognized as a cultural visionary on the national arts scene.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.