When asked to write music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, Grieg thought he was facing an impossible challenge. But, as Terry ...

NPR Music's classical critic shares his favorite records of the year, spanning a wide range of genres, from experimental folk to operatic pop to recordings featuring harp and pipe organ.

We're thinking Kings and Queens this week at Afropop. And while many might make the claim to be "Queen of Afropop" these days, it's hard to think of anyone with a better claim to that throne than ...

When composer and conductor Steve Hackman stepped on stage at Chicago’s Harris theatre, he might as well have been walking ...

The concert spanned a range of types of music, including film music, folk dance type tunes and romantic symphonies, Kristen ...

Living Classical is a weekly radio program dedicated to the music of our time – the composers, performers, and creative ...

Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “ Hamnet ‘s” emotional tone.

Rosalía's LUX is NPR Music's No. 1 album of 2025. At the moment this fall when NPR Music's staff began discussing our picks ...

The Cloquet Public Library afternoon audience was treated to a free concert Dec. 3 featuring songwriter and singer Greg ...