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When I was young and obnoxious, I had very little use for any music that approached large commercial success.No, I wasn't smart enough to slave away in…

My point of entry for a love of vocal music, back when Mozart was alive, tended to be bloody, loud, flashy operatic melodrama.Give me a chorus yelling…

The Columbus Symphony welcomes composer Andreia Pinto Correia this weekend for the world premiere of her Ciprés (Cypresses), a work for orchestra inspired…

Birgit Nilsson was born 100 years ago, on May 17, 1918, at her parents’ farm in Sweden. By her death in 2005, Nilsson had long been considered the world’s…

You may have noticed a new voice on the air here at Classical 101. Here's a little introduction to our new afternoon host, Kent Teeters.Kent comes to…

NPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.

The record shows at least eight months of incendiary statements from then-President Trump and others close to him leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol.

This holiday season, join Classical 101 for the very best music fit for any occasion. Here's a quick peak at some of the great programming we have in…

A throat singer, a hip-hop preacher, an Irish introvert: NPR Music's Bob Boilen says it was the Year of the Woman at the South By Southwest music festival. He shares some of his favorite performances.

Did Igor Stravinsky desecrate the National Anthem? Others have done far worse.I think all of us can agree...the Star Spangled Banner is one of the most…