Local Artist Feature May 29, 2026: Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music This Year Happens to be LocalWhat a month: Gabriela Lena Frank was named Musical America’s Composer of the Year. Her opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is being performed at the Met. And earlier this month she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Wow! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Local Artist Feature May 22nd, 2026: From the New York Philharmonic to Founding the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Artist of the Week: Daniel HopeJuly 24, 2017 | Kevin DohertyDaniel Hope is one of the hardest working musicians on the scene today. He's an acclaimed violinist, a producer, a radio host and more. And this week, this adventurous performer is our Artist of the Week!
Artist of the Week: Mitsuko UchidaJuly 17, 2017 | Kevin DohertyMitsuko Uchida is arguably the world's foremost interpreter of Mozart's piano works, and we're pleased to bring you recordings by this elite pianist all week long during Morning Classical on CapRadio.
Remembering Pierre Henry, A Composer Who Made The Everyday ExtraordinaryJuly 10, 2017 The vanguard French artist — whose influence has touched everything from the Mean Girls soundtrack to the Futurama theme — has died at age 89.
Artist Of The Week: Yo-Yo MaJuly 10, 2017 | Kevin DohertyWelcome to the new Artist of the Week series from CapRadio. Our inaugural featured artist is the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma, whose impact on music and culture runs as deep as his musical interests run wide. Listen between 6-10 a.m. all week.
An Estonian Choir Channels Emily Brontë's Windswept BluesJuly 7, 2017On a new album, the Grammy-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sings new music by native son Tõnu Kõrvits and probes the windswept melancholy of the 19th-century English author's poetry.
Philharmonic Flip-Flop: Conductor Alan Gilbert Trades New York For HamburgJune 23, 2017The conductor, who cut his tenure short as the New York Philharmonic's music director, finds a welcoming new home — with a glitzy new concert hall — in Hamburg, Germany.
Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of SpaghettiJune 21, 2017With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.
Meet The Nanotechnologist Behind The Timpani At The MetJune 19, 2017Jason Haaheim was a senior scientist at a nanotech company before deciding he wanted to play in a professional orchestra. He's now principal timpanist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Songs We Love: Arcadi Volodos, 'Intermezzo In A, Op. 118, No. 2'June 16, 2017The Russian pianist, known for his fiery technique, scales back to let his instrument sing sweetly in an autumnal miniature from late in the career of Johannes Brahms.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezDavis Madrigals Celebrate 50 Years Of PerformingJune 16, 2017An elite group of high school singers celebrates 50 years of travel and performances of classical music with a major performance this weekend.
