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For East Germans, the Berlin Wall wasn't just a vast, 96-mile structure — it represented what they called "the wall in the head," a looming feeling of no…

The finger-blistering virtuosity of the music of early 19th-century violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini is so astonishing that when Paganini performed it,…

For the 1961 movie West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was not the conductor. So when, in the '80s, he had the chance to make a recording of the…

The upcoming season for the Joffrey Ballet is in jeopardy after dancers were told in a letter that "All dancers and other AGMA-represented employees must…

Saturday on Stage presents what I blithely call "Opera and More" every Saturday at 1:30 Classical 101. The program is preceded by Serenata at 1 p.m. ,…

Well Strung is the name of a string quartet made up of four buff guys whose look leans more to Olympic gymnasts than to practise room geeks.  They are…

Franz Joseph Haydn, the greatest composer after Mozart of the Classical era of the late 18th century, wrote 175 works for an obscure instrument called the…

Luiza Brina spent 10 years developing an album of nonreligious prayers. NPR Music's Lars Gotrich dives into newly released music from Brazil, featuring Milton Nascimento, Amaro Freitas and Anitta.

Appraisal: American Folk Art Cane, ca. 1900, from Junk in the Trunk 7.

Also, more than 7,000 civilians in Syria were evacuated from pro-government villages.