Classical 101 Reads

Heidi Waleson has been the opera critic for The Wall Street Journal for 25 years. Her new book, Mad Scenes and Exit Arias, gives an overview of the New…

When I was young and obnoxious, I had very little use for any music that approached large commercial success.No, I wasn't smart enough to slave away in…

Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Chilean-born actress Felicia Montealegre, had three children: Jamie, Alexander and Nina. Montealegre died in 1978.…

I knew of Eugene Drucker as a formidable violinist, and as a member of the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet. The Emersons have been established…

Think of your favorite page-turner. Think of the novel you get lost in, whether on the beach or on the bus — The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough comes…

If you go through life with a name like John Latouche, you'd better be talented.Luckily, John Treville Latouche (1914-1956) was immensely talented. He…

There are perhaps no two men more qualified to talk about their pursuit of music and literature than Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa. So when I discovered…

Last May, I wrote a post about “10 Great Children’s Books about Classical Music.” Even now, months later, you, the readers of this blog, continue to show…

The way to a kid's heart maybe less through music at first, but more through stories. Here's a list of some of my favorite books about opera, suitable for…

This Mother's Day, why not put a little music in your life at Classical 101's Youth & Family Day?Sunday, May 10, WOSU Public Media and the ProMusica…