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Not to steal Christopher Purdy's thunder (and who could, anyway?), but this story was impossible to resist. I'm certain he'll chime in. According to the…

Most of us have heard the Polovtsian Dances from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor, but I daresay, most of us haven't seen then. One of classical…

When should a conductor not use a podium? When that conductor is over seven feet tall and well over 300 pounds! (Some podiums have a weight limit of 350…

We had a special treat earlier this afternoon as the Fry Street Quartet stopped by the Classical 101 studios. The quartet previewed selections from their…

"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream." Have you found yourself quoting this old American recently? I did, on July 14th, when I received an…

I came across a media story regarding Elvis Week, which gets underway this Saturday, August 8th, in Memphis. We happen to have two recordings in our…

As I was preparing for my program this morning, I noticed that Jon Nakamatsu was scheduled to play Chopin's Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise. As I…

The great soprano Renata Tebaldi was born on February 1, 1922 and died in 2004, rich, retired, still lovely and still very much loved by fans, all over…

One of the pleasures of my job is to keep an eye out for "rising stars."Â Right now I'm fascinated with Korean pianist Soyeon Lee. She's beautiful,…

Lemony Snicket is at it again, this time with a classical music mystery: The Composer is Dead. I shan't go into a huge explanation. Suffice it to say…