Every day is a day to be thankful for the moms of the world, but the second Sunday of every May is set aside as a nice reminder to show […]Read More
Guests are treated to classical performances on a regular basis at the Rimsky-Korsakoffee house. Credit Andrew Jacobs The Rimsky-Korsakoffee House in Portland, OR recently became the topic of conversation […]Read More
Asad Ali, 63, was unemployed for four years when Pakistan clamped down on live music in 1977. He now plays the guitar for Sachal Studios Orchestra around the globe […]Read More
Composer Julia Wolfe has won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for music for Anthracite Fields, an oratorio about coal miners and their families. CREDIT PETER SERLING / HTTP://WWW.NPR.ORG/ Northwest Public […]Read More
Angela Meade: From the Northwest to Opera Stardom This month, the Northwest native Angela Meade will grace the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York in Verdi’s Ernani. […]Read More
Seymour Bernstein and Ethan Hawke in Hawke’s Seymour: An Introduction. CREDIT RAMSEY FENDALL / RISK LOVE LLC When actor-director Ethan Hawke (star of Boyhood) found himself seated next to a […]Read More
A painting of Ludwig van Beethoven. One of our favorite NPR shows plus Beethoven’s famous little piano piece adds up to a must-listen moment! From Fresh Air with Terry Gross […]Read More
Susan Pickett’s Marion and Emilie Frances Bauer: From the Wild West to American Musical Modernism delivers exactly what the title suggests: adventures of two women in an exciting era of […]Read More
Isaac Azose, Seattle Sephardic music maestro, with NEA National Heritage Fellow Flory Jagoda, composer of “Ocho Kandelikas.” Credit Gigi Yellen Christmas carols, they’re not. But for Hanukkah, the music […]Read More
Zankel Hall, where “The Classical Style” was performed. Credit Jeff Goldberg / Esto Share a good laugh when you read this New York Times review of a cheeky little […]Read More
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_limb_your_brain_on_improv?language=enImagine, for a moment, Bach’s brain. Long before there was jazz, musicians jammed. The pianist Keith Jarrett, whose recordings of Bach and Handel often come your way on NWPR, may […]Read More
What’s the right music for a Shakespeare play? Depends on what century you’re in. In the 400 years since the plays were new, generations of composers have set their musical […]Read More
A 44-year-old man known as a phenomenal pianist played a disappointing concert that would be his last public performance at the keyboard. Ludwig van Beethoven’s hearing loss had finally overtaken […]Read More
A performance at the 2013 Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festivals Credit NWPR Symphony season is coming to a close and summertime is on its way! That means it’s time […]Read More
