Andris Nelsons Named Music Director Of The... WDAV: Classical The announcement that the 34-year-old Latvian conductor is taking the reins of the ensemble puts an end to years of uncertainty at the storied orchestra, following James Levine's 2011 resignation. 2 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

An Evening With Nico Muhly And Friends WDAV: Classical Join us for an intimate concert inspired by Muhly's exciting, intrigue-filled opera Two Boys, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Muhly is joined close friends including singers Paul Appleby and Jennifer Zetlan, violist Nadia Sirota and duo violinists Angela and Jennifer Chun. 9 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Ólafur Arnalds, Live In Concert WDAV: Classical How can music be happy and sad at the same time? Listen to Arnalds' work and you'll hear it. This performance at New York City's (Le) Poisson Rouge re-imagines the Icelandic musician's magnificent work with a small orchestra: 28 musicians known as Ensemble LPR, along with guest singer Arnor Dan. 11 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Spring For Music: National Symphony Orchestra WDAV: Classical Hear an evening of exciting and intriguing 20th-century Russian music ¿ including Shostkovich, Schnittke and Shchedrin ¿ that pays tribute to the orchestra's late and longtime leader, conductor and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. 11 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Nicola Benedetti: Tiny Desk Concert WDAV: Classical Watch the young violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet and soulful tendrils of sound. Wielding a 1717 Gariel Strad worth $10 million, Benedetti performs with warmth and approachable grace that's simply enchanting. 12 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Spring For Music: Detroit Symphony Orchest... WDAV: Classical Pink Martini singer Storm Large joins Leonard Slatkin and the orchestra for Kurt Weill's satirical Seven Deadly Sins, in a program bookended by composers who straddled the turn of the last century. Slatkin says Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninov struggled with the idea of being 20th-century composers while having hearts and souls grounded in prior traditions. The orchestra performs Ravel's La valse and two lesser-known Rachmaninov works. 17 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Tristan Perich On Q2 Music's 'Spaces' WDAV: Classical The '1-Bit Symphony' composer makes big music with tiny electronics. A visit with the sound, visual and installation artist reveals hundreds of bins ¿ from a carton marked "squeezing tools" (scissors, pliers) to one simply labeled "art." 18 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Remembering Janos Starker, The Cellist 'Bo... WDAV: Classical Although renowned as a soloist and Grammy winner, the famed cellist devoted much of his life to teaching students at Indiana University. Starker died Sunday at age 88. 19 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Music We Love Now: Three Must-Hear Piano A... WDAV: Classical The young Ingolf Wunder shines in Mozart, Jorge Federico Osorio reintroduces a Mexican classic and Elisveta Blumina reveals the gentle side of Valentine Silvestrov in three compelling new piano recordings. 25 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Morton Subotnick And Joan La Barbara On Q2... WDAV: Classical The pioneering electronic composer responsible for Silver Apples of the Moon turned 80 years old this week. Q2 Music visited with Subotnick and his wife, vocalist Joan La Barbara, in the couple's Greenwich Village apartment for this installment of their web series Spaces. 31 days ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story