/tags/classical-newsletter Classical Newsletter en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:53:05 GMT /2025-08-01/cellist-maya-beiser-tackles-womens-defiance-in-a-new-album In a new album, the cellist draws an arc of female longing and defiance through the centuries. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:53:05 GMT /2025-08-01/cellist-maya-beiser-tackles-womens-defiance-in-a-new-album Leila Fadel, Olivia Hampton /2025-08-01/chef-kenji-lopez-alt-serves-up-a-nourishing-recipe-of-food-and-music The renowned chef, New York Times food writer and YouTube sensation has a penchant for combining meals and music. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:52:05 GMT /2025-08-01/chef-kenji-lopez-alt-serves-up-a-nourishing-recipe-of-food-and-music Lara Downes /2025-07-25/ohio-artists-capture-the-rhythms-of-life-in-two-solo-exhibitions Solo exhibitions by Oladejo-Lawal and northeast Ohio painter Linda Hutchinson, now on view at Worthington’s McConnell Arts Center, offer uniquely colorful and musical takes on musicians, dancers and other people doing what they do as real life clicks along. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:27:00 GMT /2025-07-25/ohio-artists-capture-the-rhythms-of-life-in-two-solo-exhibitions Jennifer Hambrick /2025-07-24/its-time-to-listen-to-the-bold-music-of-gabriela-ortiz At age 60, the Mexican composer has finally won the recognition she deserves, with new recordings, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:34:23 GMT /2025-07-24/its-time-to-listen-to-the-bold-music-of-gabriela-ortiz Tom Huizenga /2025-07-10/takacs-quartet-tiny-desk-concert The venerated string quartet makes a stop on its 50th anniversary tour to play music from the dawn of the string quartet era right up to the present. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:01:48 GMT /2025-07-10/takacs-quartet-tiny-desk-concert Tom Huizenga /2025-06-27/pentatonix-beatboxer-kevin-olusola-unleashes-his-superpower-in-debut-solo-album Kevin Olusola, beatboxer with the Grammy-winning Pentatonix is out with a debut solo album, Dawn of a Misfit, blurs the divide between classical music and hip-hop and is a testament to the joy and freedom of resisting labels. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:34:32 GMT /2025-06-27/pentatonix-beatboxer-kevin-olusola-unleashes-his-superpower-in-debut-solo-album Jennifer Hambrick /npr-news/2025-06-26/mission-impossible-composer-lalo-schifrin-dies-at-93 Argentine pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his scores for Mission: Impossible and more than 200 other films and TV shows, including Bullitt, Mannix and Cool Hand Luke, has died. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 23:44:14 GMT /npr-news/2025-06-26/mission-impossible-composer-lalo-schifrin-dies-at-93 Bob Mondello /2025-06-20/alfred-brendel-the-cerebral-pianist-with-a-dry-wit-dies-at-94 Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:56:12 GMT /2025-06-20/alfred-brendel-the-cerebral-pianist-with-a-dry-wit-dies-at-94 Jeff Lunden /2025-06-16/three-albums-in-3-months-no-sweat-for-violinist-anne-akiko-meyers The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:41:55 GMT /2025-06-16/three-albums-in-3-months-no-sweat-for-violinist-anne-akiko-meyers A Martínez, Iman Maani /npr-news/2025-06-16/the-doctor-said-be-happy-music-therapy-can-help-cancer-patients-do-that A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2025-06-16/the-doctor-said-be-happy-music-therapy-can-help-cancer-patients-do-that Yuki Noguchi