Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great about a culture. That's exactly what Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was when he came to the U.S. At the end of the 19th century. He was an ...

Where would American music be without — of all people — Antonin Dvorak? The Czech composer spent only three brief years here, but after arriving in New York in 1892 he threw himself into the ...

The last time Andrew Grams led the Charlotte Symphony – in April 2007, as a last-minute replacement – he worked what almost ranks as alchemy. He guided the orchestra through a Tchaikovsky symphony in ...

Go for Baroque. Be romantic. Get contemporary. The Vallejo Center for the Arts will usher in a special performance Friday night by hosting the internationally acclaimed New Century Chamber Orchestra ...

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On Tuesday evening, the quartet-in-residence at the Yale School of Music gave their semesterly performance in Morse Recital Hall as part of the Oneppo Chamber Music series. The Brentano String Quartet ...

Henry T. Burleigh was an African-American singer, arranger and composer who befriended Antonin Dvorak when the famed Czech composer lived in New York. Baritone Thomas Hampson sings Burleigh's song ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Sometimes it takes an ...