Recent NPR Musical News


Tyshawn Sorey wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in music for 'Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)'
The composer and percussionist was "shocked beyond belief" after hearing the news on Monday afternoon.

One of opera's greatest hits gets a new and happy ending in Washington
Giacomo Puccini's final opera Turandot gets a brand new ending premiered in Washington, with music by a composer known for video game tunes and a librettist who produced 'Succession'

What's past is present for Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov
The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.

Pianist Inna Faliks traces musical odyssey from Soviet Ukraine via Faustian fantasy
Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.

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JUL 27 TMC Festival of Contemporary Music in»
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JUL 27 Andris Nelsons, conductor in Lenox on»
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JUL 28 Andris Nelsons, conductor in Lenox on»
JUL 28 Scheherazade in Boston on Sunday, Jul»
JUL 28 Inbal Segev, cellist in South Worthin»
JUL 28 Pacifica Quartet in Woodstock, NY on »
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JUL 30 Tuesday Concerts in Boston on Tuesday»
JUL 30 Apollo Ensemble of Boston Orchestra i»
JUL 30 Cantos y Suspiros in Lincoln on Tuesd»
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JUL 31 Recital Series in Lenox on Wednesday,»
AUG 1 Borromeo String Quartet in Falmouth o»
AUG 1 ENGLISH EXTRAVAGANZA in Newton on Thu»
AUG 1 Cantos y Suspiros in Boston on Thursd»
AUG 1 Danish String Quartet in Lenox on Thu»