NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast 'Our Common Nature' from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppi Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.

San Antonio's 35-member brass band won 3rd place in a prestigious contest—and is about to start its concert season.

Since childhood, Joshua Roman's life revolved around the cello. But when long COVID forced him to set his cello aside, he had to rethink his approach to life, faith and music.

Opera San Antonio is staging an edgy version of 'The Magic Flute' production that's like nothing they've ever done before.

Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers.

The Mid-Texas Symphony begins an early season in Seguin

The Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers the connections between his recent Sly Stone documentary and his own life story.

The classical music scene wasn’t left untouched by cultural and technological shifts of the 1960s, and composer Terry Riley, who turned 90 this summer, combined classical, jazz, and rock in surprising ways. "The Columbia Recordings" collects four classic albums that inspired many prominent musicians like Philip Glass, Brian Eno, and Pete Townshend. TPR's Nathan Cone has a review.

NPR speaks with cellist Camden Shaw and Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate about the Dover Quartet's album "Woodland Songs," featuring a commissioned suite of character studies of animals.