Classical 101 Reads

I’ve been a fan of Eugenia Zuckerman's for many years. She’s an artist on the flute -- a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician.Her appearances as the…

I’m late getting to the Debussy year, the centennial of his death in 1918. A new biography – Debussy, A Painter in Sound by Stephen Walsh – is an…

Most people who experience George Frideric Handel’s operas do so as spectators, taking in the music and drama onstage from a comfy, velvet-wrapped seat in…

Many years ago, I recorded an interview for WOSU with soprano Licia Albanese. She was a favorite of Toscanini’s. Her career in opera went back to the…

Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) was a Czech opera singer who made movies with Fred Zinnemann, Montgomery Clift and Mario Lanza. She was a favorite of Arturo…

The turn of the calendar year is a study in contrasts. As we reflect on the events of the previous year, we look ahead to the year to come, in all its…

There might be a few little girls in America who don't dream to dance in The Nutcracker. If so, I don't know who they are.But everyone dreams to do…

What rocker wouldn't want to sit on Mick Jagger's lap? What painter wouldn't want to clean Picasso's brushes?My lap-sitting days are over, and cleaning…

Beethoven changed the course of music with his mighty nine symphonies. What would happen to music — and to the world — if the manuscript of a 10th…

It's been a few years since my first list of "10 Great Children’s Books About Classical Music." Just in time for the new school year, here's a list of 10…