Third Coast Percussion performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 27, 2018. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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Mezzo-soprano Aleks Romano performs in Carmen in Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2018. Shannon Finney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer Thea Musgrave, at 90, is still composing music. Kate Mount/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen
James Levine, rehearsing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Paris in 2007. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs for millions at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. YouTube hide caption
'Cello Bae' Sheku Kanneh-Mason Wins Worldwide Fans After Royal Wedding
Saoirse Ronan plays newlywed Florence in On Chesil Beach, in theaters now. Bleecker Street hide caption
Classical Music Captures A Young Wife's Anxiety In 'On Chesil Beach'
Birgit Nilsson (ca. 1960) as Isolde, in Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. Louis Melançon /Metropolitan Opera Archives hide caption
Doug Perkins performs "Filigree," part of a longer work by composer Robert Honstein. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Glenn Branca, conducting his ensemble in Brooklyn in 2000. Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images hide caption
American composer and guitarist Glenn Branca performs live on stage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2nd February 1988. Frans Schellekens hide caption
Leonard Bernstein composing in 1955. Al Ravenna/Library of Congress hide caption
'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony's Bernstein Centennial
Matt Marks was an integral member of the contemporary music group Alarm Will Sound. Taylor Dixson hide caption
The London Symphony Orchestra, performing with conductor Valery Gergiev in London's Trafalgar Square in May 2016. Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for BMW & London Symphony Orchestra hide caption
Simone Dinnerstein and Philip Glass. Richard Guérin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Ballerinas of the New York City Ballet perform Serenade by George Balanchine at the Mariinsky theatre in St.Petersburg, July 30, 2003. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Arvo Pärt's four symphonies — newly recorded for ECM — trace a 45-year journey the composer took in finding his true style. Birgit Püve/ECM Records hide caption
Composer Tod Machover Discusses How He Created 'Philadelphia Voices'
Olivia De Prato's new video, directed by James Darrah, features ecstatic music by Missy Mazzoli. James Darrah hide caption
"We're reduced to being something on sight," says Lawrence Brownlee. The tenor sings a new song cycle with music by Tyshawn Sorey and words by Terrance Hayes. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On Brad Mehldau's new album, he alternates keyboard works by J.S. Bach with his own jazz-inflected explorations. Michael Wilson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Venezuelan conductor and composer José Abreu delivers a speech to the young musicians of his orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela in January, 2009. Abreu was the founder of "El Sistema," an educational framework intended to extend musical instruction to children, regardless of their background. Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images hide caption