Listen as mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski, founder and artistic director of the Source Song Festival, joins Your Classical’s Steve Staruch for a conversation about the festival’s upcoming 12th season exploring the art song. Listen now!
Join YourClassical MPR, the Current, MPR News and all of our friends from Aug. 21 to Sept. 1 at the Minnesota State Fair and enjoy performances by guest artists. Check out the full schedule.
We’re looking skyward on this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ with music celebrating the sun, the stars and even the aurora. We hear Max Richter’s music from the film ‘Ad Astra,’ Jacob ter Velduis’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (‘Sky Falling’), Olivia Bellis’ ‘Limina Luminis’ and much more.
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ pianist Dan Wilson releases his latest record featuring a collection of lullabies recorded on a 1918 upright piano found on the streets of Hollywood. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
The event, held Wednesday, July 23, brought people together at Surdyk’s Liquor & Cheese Shop in Minneapolis for a convivial evening of music, food and beverage tastings.
Ballet as we know it may have first emerged in the Italian Renaissance, but even today, modern composers are still writing for the art form. On the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ we hear a number of contemporary ballet scores. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ Canadian violinist James Ehnes joins his many friends at the National Arts Center Orchestra to record all of Bach’s Violin Concertos. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
Known for its adrenalized performances and original compositions, the Anderson & Roe piano duo delivered an exciting season finale at the 2025 Minnesota Beethoven Festival in Winona. Listen to the concert now!
Accompanying and dramatizing a silent movie with live, original music is somewhat of a lost art, but St. Paul musician Katie Condon is keeping this niche tradition alive.
A Twin Cities native and Mounds View High School graduate, Thompson will step into his new position in Minneapolis on Oct. 14.
