Malcolm Washington talks about bringing the play ‘The Piano Lesson’ — about a brother and sister battling over what to do with a family heirloom piano — to the big screen with his whole family.


Family and legacy laced through Malcolm Washington's 'The Piano Lesson'

The London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the diverse sounds on her new album Odyssey. It's her first time writing for and conducting strings.


Saxophonist Nubya Garcia writes her own Odyssey, string section and all

Louis Cole is a prolific musician known primarily as a drummer, but whose music over the past decade has fallen in the nexus of jazz, funk and rock. Now he's in a whole new space with choral and orchestral music.


With a choral project and new orchestral album, Louis Cole pulls magic out of the air

A violinist's bow snapped mid-performance at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.


Violin bow worth tens of thousands of dollars snaps midperformance

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018.


Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova leaves Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russian invasion

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patricia Wulf, a mezzo-soprano who says she was uncomfortable with aggressive advances made by revered opera star Placido Domingo.


Placido Domingo accuser Patricia Wulf shares her story

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dan Tepfer, pianist, composer and coder, about how he uses artificial Intelligence and virtual reality to bring his music to life.


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