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
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSound Advice: Cale Wiggins Highlights Noteworthy New Classical ReleasesJuly 14, 2016Are you ready to hear some new recordings in the Classical music world? Capital Public Radio’s Afternoon Classical Host Cale Wiggins joins us for this week’s Sound Advice and he’s bringing a variety of new releases.
Alessio Bax: Tiny Desk ConcertJuly 6, 2016Watch the celebrated pianist play lullabies by Bach and Brahms for his 22-month-old daughter, who nearly steals the show.
A Classical Fourth: Celebrating American ComposersJuly 3, 2016This Independence Day we're celebrating America by celebrating American composers -- more than 2 dozen of them including Gershwin, Copland, Williams, Glass, Joplin, Tower and Ives.
A New Opera Illuminates The 'Lavender Scare,' A Little-Explored Era In Gay HistoryJune 29, 2016Fellow Travelers is based on Thomas Mallon's historical novel of the same name. It takes place during the McCarthy 1950s, when intense scrutiny fell not only on suspected communists but gays as well.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSound Advice: Music In The MountainsJune 23, 2016Music in the Mountains annual SummerFest is bigger and better than ever. At least, according to executive director Mieko Hatano. On today's Sound Advice, Hatano talks about what's new at the 35th edition of SummerFest.
An American Opera Impresario Takes His Final BowJune 21, 2016In Houston and San Francisco, David Gockley commissioned operas destined for stages worldwide. As he retires, he reflects on reviving Scott Joplin and premiering Nixon in China.
Olga Bell: From Russian Classical Pianist To Brooklynite Dance MusicianJune 8, 2016Though trained in classical piano, Bell has now ventured deeply into the world of electronica. "I guess I felt a compulsion to dance, to do something physical," Bell says of Tempo, her new album.
Kronos Quartet Wants To Give You Free Music — And Teach You How To Play ItJune 6, 2016The Quartet's Fifty for the Future project will commission 50 pieces by as many composers. Then the scores and instructional videos will be free online.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezJoe Kye's Final In Studio Performance June 6, 2016 | Jen PicardViolinist Joe Kye’s career is taking off and so is he. Joe gives us one more in-studio performance before he leaves Sacramento for Portland and he’ll explain this life change.
Classical Comebacks, Symphonic Success At Region's Big Three OrchestrasMay 26, 2016 | Paul ConleyIt's been a long road to recovery for many arts organizations following the Great Recession. Symphony orchestras were among the most affected groups. But attendance during the 2015-16 at our region's big three, Stockton, Modesto and Sacramento is up.
