Igor Stravinsky’s famous score for the ballet The Rite of Spring is 100 years old this month, and everyone is celebrating. For this playlist we turn to Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes.
Music was a balm to Sean Do, and he wanted to bring it into his childrens’ lives. He succeeded, but, as always with children, not in the way he expected.
Modest to a fault, the outgoing president of the S.F. Conservatory of Music has much to crow about, having led the Conservatory to a new facility, international prominence, and an inspired focus on music education.
Richard Wagner, who turned 200 yesterday, wrote one of the great epic stories ever in his Ring of the Nibelung. This slim-and-trim version doesn’t take in the whole story, but it's a good primer.
Richard Wagner established German repertory of the world, creating a radical new way to tell stories in music. Learn more about one of the most inventive composers for orchestra on his 200th birthday.
In a girl’s mind, school experiences in China are mixed with ideas from America, where she now lives. What choices will she make? What choices does she have?
