Originally aired February 6, 2017Aaron Copland, Jean Franciax, Elliot Carter, Philipp Glass and Quincy Jones; what do all of these musicians have in common? They were all students of Nadia Boulanger. Nadia was a composer, conductor and teacher. For seven decades, out of her family’s flat in Paris, she taught some of the most influential composers of the 20th century.

Sometimes you run across the name of a composer you’ve never heard of before and when you read about their life and their work, you start to wonder, why?…

Originally aired - August 29, 2016In the 19th century, composition was a man’s world. The stigma of being a female composer made it difficult for a…

Jaime Laredo is a world-renowned violinist and conductor. I had a chance to speak with him via Zoom recently, as we are celebrating his 80th birthday and…

Originally aired May 16, 201619th century Germany was not a hospitable environment for female composers. Nevertheless, Clara Weick-Schumann left an…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Camargo Guarnieri spent most of his career under the shadow of his name and of fellow Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Like…

You’re hearing the opening movement of Mexican composer Carlos Chavez’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. This performance features the National Symphony…

Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian guitarist, cellist, composer and conductor. He’s not just one of the most celebrated South-American composers of all…

First aired on July 27.2015 The Renaissance was a time of re-birth as science and the arts changed the face of culture. However, some old ideas persisted…

Maria Grever was the first Mexican, woman composer to earn international attention. You’ve probably heard her melodies and lyrics sung and performed by so…