Whether you’re a longtime listener or a newcomer to WKAR, you’ve probably heard our music host Jody Knol on the air. He’s ...

With her emotion-evoking operatic range and soprano heights, Dominican opera singer Zuly Inirio is challenging whose voice is embodied and heard throughout the genre. She first saw an opera — “La ...

Joshua Brown makes his debut at Tanglewood, the iconic classical music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Brown, ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically titled opera of violence and grief joins the genre’s long roster of tragedies.

Guarneri Hall has been a valued space among classical music insiders, thanks to its central location and unique acoustics. A new music series may open the hall to new audiences. Even when you’re right ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Adès, ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

Classical music radio stations in Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas are expanding their presences in their communities by pushing the boundaries of classical music. “You can’t convince everyone to ...

Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.