Recent NPR Musical News


A Stradivarius violin could sell for a record sum at auction. Is it worth the hype?
Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

Celebrating Sun Ra: The cosmic visionary who transformed jazz music
Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different maverick of Black music history.

After 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage
Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

Sense of Place: For this Afghan pianist, music is an act of resistance
Arson Fahim remembers leaving for Boston to study music just days before the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

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FEB 22 Between Two Worlds in Boston (FC) on »
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MAR 1 A More Subtle Art: in Cambridge on Sa»
MAR 2 Family Concert in Boston on Sunday, M»
MAR 2 Family Concert in Boston on Sunday, M»
MAR 2 Between Words and Worlds in Bosoton o»
MAR 2 Between Words and Worlds in Bosoton o»
MAR 2 We Carry Our Homes Within Us in Cambr»
MAR 2 We Carry Our Homes Within Us in Cambr»
MAR 2 Benjamin Zander, conductor in Boston »
MAR 3 Boston Civic Symphony in Boston on Mo»
MAR 8 Of Hope and Destiny in Boston on Satu»
MAR 8 Brahms: A German Requiem in Brookline»
MAR 8 Roam in Cambridge on Saturday, March »
MAR 9 Insomnia Flowers in Brookline on Sund»
MAR 9 Brahms: A German Requiem in Brookline»
MAR 9 From Darkness to Light in Boston on S»
MAR 9 Wendy Putnam, violin, and Vytas Baksy»
MAR 14 Voices of Water in Boston on Friday, »