Víkingur Ólafsson's album was a fitting tribute to the 80th birthday of composer Philip Glass. Ari Magg/Deutsche Grammophon hide caption
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Charles Dutoit, conducting the Royal Philharmonic orchestra during a tour of Spain in 2006. Victor Fraile/Reuters hide caption
Kronos Quartet performs at NPR Music's 10th anniversary concert in Washington, D.C. Beck Harlan / NPR hide caption
The Dominican Sisters of Mary's new album is available now. De Montfort Music hide caption
The Dominican Sisters Of Mary Shares The 'True Beauty' Of Christmas With New Album
New York's Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan. Famed conductor James Levine, its music director emeritus and former conductor, was suspended by the company while allegations of sexual misconduct are investigated. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
The Danish String Quartet looks to their Nordic roots on the new album, Last Leaf. Caroline Bittencourt/ECM Records hide caption
On their new album, Bang on a Can All-Stars wear stethoscopes to perform music by Arcade Fire member Richard Reed Parry. Lisa Bauso/Cantaloupe Music hide caption
James Levine, shown leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2007, has been suspended by the Metropolitan Opera following allegations of sexual abuse. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sexual Abuse Allegations Against James Levine Spell Trouble For Met Opera
This weekend, hundreds of people, ranging from Philadelphia Orchestra musicians to school kids, will play broken instruments owned by the Philadelphia public school system in hopes of getting them fixed. Neda Ulaby/NPR hide caption
Miners on stage for a rehearsal of Girls of the Golden West, the new opera by John Adams and Peter Sellars, which premiered at the San Francisco Opera Nov. 21. Stefan Cohen/San Francisco Opera hide caption
David Greilsammer performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 28, 2017. (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR) Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR hide caption
Gianandrea Noseda recently began his debut season conducting the National Symphony Orchestra. Scott Suchman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. He died Wednesday at age 55. Pavel Antonov/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The London-based a cappella choir Stile Antico brings a program of Christmas music to Cambridge, Mass. Marco Borggreve hide caption
A Choral Christmas With Stile Antico
A still from Brooklyn Raga Massive's In C video. YouTube hide caption
Ruth Laredo On Piano Jazz
The Tallis Scholars, one of four choir groups who will be performing at Lincoln Center's The Psalms Experience. Kevin Yatarola/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
150 Psalms, 12 Days: Music for Challenging Times At The White Light Festival
A scene from Thomas Adès' opera The Exterminating Angel, based on Luis Buñuel's 1962 surrealist film of the same name. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Buñuel's 'Exterminating Angel' Gets An Off-Kilter Screen-To-Stage Adaptation
Violinist Jascha Heifetz in 1917, the year he made his American debut at Carnegie Hall. Library of Congress/Bain News Service hide caption
'Like Electricity': Jascha Heifetz Made His American Debut 100 Years Ago
The GVSU New Music Ensemble's new album, RETURN, features compositions from former Grand Valley State University students. Bill Ryan/GVSU New Music Ensemble hide caption
Glenn Gould, with his gloves and wrist-warmers, in the Columbia Records studio where he recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations. Don Hunstein/Sony Classical hide caption
The Gould That Didn't Glitter: New Box Set Of 'Goldberg Variations' Outtakes
The revered photographer William Eggleston, at age 78, has released his first album. Peter Townsend hide caption