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The Classical 101 library has upwards of 1,000 Christmas recordings. Everything from purely classical Baroque and early music discs to jazz, electric…

Marilyn Horne and I had a dear friend in common. Our friend died last fall after a long illness. I came to know Marilyn as a warm-hearted and generous…

For many years, women musicians were conspicuously absent from most major orchestras. Â The Vienna Philharmonic did not admit a female member until the…

Opera Australia has dismissed Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri for posts on her Facebook page denigrating the LGBT community. Iveri was rehearsing Desdemona…

In his autobiography Up from Slavery, the great American educator Booker T. Washington famously wrote, "Those who are happiest are those who do the most…

You might remember a short time ago that a violin purportedly owned by Wallace Hartley, bandmaster on the ill-fated ship, had been located. Â You might…

For the next two weeks on Symphony @ 7 on Classical 101, we'll be presenting performances from the top ten busiest orchestras in North America during…

The reclusive authoritarian regime has announced that it will turn back its clocks half an hour beginning next week to mark 70 years since liberation from Japan.

This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand…

You may have seen a few of these videos floating around Facebook. Various artists have been using everything from 3D animations to actual light…