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Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto is heard in two live recordings this week.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianist Orli Shaham continues her project of recording all of Mozart’s piano sonatas with her latest album, ‘Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 & 3.’

Shires' album, Take it Like a Man, includes songs she wrote during a difficult period in her marriage to musician Jason Isbell. She sings and plays fiddle throughout this interview.

On Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor passed away at 96. She was the longest-serving British monarch in history and was a tremendous supporter of music in the United Kingdom during her reign. Here are nine classical music pieces to honor her memory and celebrate her life.

There are more than a thousand community bands in big cities and small towns throughout the country.

Composer Valerie Coleman does a little bit of everything. She is a flute virtuoso, a famous composer, a model for Black musicians worldwide and a mentor to her students. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

Missy Mazzoli’s Violin Concerto is played live at the BBC Proms.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Avlana Eisenberg and Celeste Headlee, granddaughter of composer William Grant Still, talk about a new album that boasts 13 world premieres of Still's music.

The young rising violin star not only makes his instrument sing, he offers music by composers of color.

To find out what made Nannette Streicher's pianos so special, World Cafe visited the Museum of Science and Technology in Vienna, where a couple of her pianos still survive.