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Jeff Beck, who died Jan. 10 at 78, was known as one of rock music's greatest guitarists. But he also had an interesting connection to classical music — "Beck's Bolero," a 1966 tune hailed as one of his genre's best instrumentals and based on Maurice Ravel's famous “Bolero.”

Martin Luther King Jr.’s life often focuses on his pivotal moments such as his "I Have a Dream" speech. But music filled and inspired his most intimate moments that made him the leader he is remembered as today. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

Watch pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who's been called 'a performer of near-superhuman prowess,' play a smart set that spans six centuries as part of NPR's Tiny Desk concert series.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes shares his love for an underappreciated piano cycle in his latest recording, ‘Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures.’

The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features scores composed by James Horner including ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘Titanic.’ Listen now!

For Glass Onion, composer Nathan Johnson had to navigate and illuminate the film's conflicting range of emotions. He found endless possibilities within an orchestra.

More than a century ago, a Metropolitan Opera librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now (with an assist from NPR), 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.

Soprano Leontyne Price has many firsts in the opera world and among those accolades came fame. She put that fame to good use fighting racism her way. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.

San Francisco's Musée Mécanique has just unveiled its Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso, a century-old self-playing device which performs duets on piano and violin.