Takács Quartet tours a new work by Nokuthula Ngwenyama : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Takács Quartet tours a new work by Nokuthula Ngwenyama : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

The Takács Quartet — left to right: Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes, Richard O’Neill and András Fejér — collaborated with composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama (center) to premiere her composition Flow. Cal Performances hide caption toggle caption Cal […]

Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Composer Ned Rorem in 1953 in Paris, where he lived for nearly a decade and wrote his infamous Paris Diary. Provided by the artist hide caption toggle caption Provided by the artist Composer Ned Rorem […]

New York Philharmonic’s new home is finally designed for good sound : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Revisiting San Juan Hill, the neighborhood destroyed to make way for Lincoln Center

The new David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center opens this week, and while the travertine marble exterior of the hall remains the same, everything inside has changed, said Deborah Borda, president and CEO of the […]

Remembering Richard Taruskin, a writer who made you care about 1,000 years of music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Remembering Richard Taruskin, a writer who made you care about 1,000 years of music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty hide caption […]

Kyiv opera house reopens after 3 months : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Kyiv opera house reopens after 3 months : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Herman Makarenko, lead conductor for the National Opera of Ukraine. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption toggle caption Julian Hayda/NPR Herman Makarenko, lead conductor for the National Opera of Ukraine. Julian Hayda/NPR KYIV, Ukraine — Last year, […]

Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass has won the Pulitzer Prize for music. Adam Conte/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Adam Conte/Courtesy of the artist Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass has won the Pulitzer Prize for […]

Composer Harrison Birtwistle has died at 87 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Composer Harrison Birtwistle has died at 87 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, has died, his publisher confirmed on Monday. Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes hide caption toggle caption Hanya Chlala/ArenaPAL /Boosey & Hawkes English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, […]

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : Deceptive Cadence : NPR

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76 : NPR

An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images An undated portrait of the late […]