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Pianist Jade Simmons, curator and "musical force of nature," co-hosts a special hour of Performance Today with Fred Child.

Sign up for pianist Jonathan Biss's free online course about Beethoven's piano sonatas.

Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt join host Fred Child in the studio to discuss their musical collaboration and to perform several songs from their album Night.

The 2014 Gilmore Artist Award goes to 28-year-old Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz.

As a high school student in Huntsville, Alabama, Susanna Phillips never once considered a career as an opera singer. A school guidance counselor encouraged her to just apply to a conservatory. So she did. The Juilliard-trained soprano is now appearing on major opera stages all over the world, gracing the pages of Vogue magazine and chatting in the studio with host Fred Child about her surprising, overwhelming success.

Listen to the icons of vocal music give an exclusive interview and performance recorded in our studios.

Listen to Professor Cynthia Johnston Turner discuss her experiments with classical music performance using the latest in wearable technology, Google Glass.

Not your father's plastic recorder. Listen to the interview and the mellifluous sounds of four wooden recorders playing in harmony.

Stanford Thompson is the Executive Director of "Play On Philly!," a music education program in Philadelphia. He's also the chair of the National Alliance of El Sistema-inspired Programs. He spoke with Fred Child about music education.

Is it jazz or is it classical music? Listen to the interview and watch a video of his performance