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"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

25.03.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Paavo Järvi

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

23.02.2026 {Origins}

Origins: Sean Shepherd

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

07.04.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Inbal Segev

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

02.01.2026 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

10.03.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Niles Luther

"The idea that you can, without force, guide a room of people towards a certain direction. This is now what I spend a career trying to learn."

– Edward Gardner

05.02.2026 {Origins}

Origins: Edward Gardner

"So much of acting is about the relationships you have with other people you're on stage with, so unless you've sung this with them a bunch of times, I don't know how I would do it."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

11.02.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Jacquelyn Stucker

"You read about people finding their roots, finding their second home. There's no explanation for it, but I felt like Cuba was my place. Cuban music gets under my skin and into my veins like no other music."

– Sarah Willis

29.01.2026 {Origins}

Origins: Sarah Willis

"Schumann’s songs are as much piano pieces as they are music for voice, and the piano often completes what the voice has said."

– Ian Bostridge

02.01.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Ian Bostridge

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

07.10.2025 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

"This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path."

– Nicholas Phan

12.12.2025 {Stories}

M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

Stories: Paavo Järvi

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

Origins: Sean Shepherd

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

Stories: Inbal Segev

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

Stories: Niles Luther

"The idea that you can, without force, guide a room of people towards a certain direction. This is now what I spend a career trying to learn."

– Edward Gardner

Origins: Edward Gardner

"So much of acting is about the relationships you have with other people you're on stage with, so unless you've sung this with them a bunch of times, I don't know how I would do it."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

Stories: Jacquelyn Stucker

"You read about people finding their roots, finding their second home. There's no explanation for it, but I felt like Cuba was my place. Cuban music gets under my skin and into my veins like no other music."

– Sarah Willis

Origins: Sarah Willis

"Schumann’s songs are as much piano pieces as they are music for voice, and the piano often completes what the voice has said."

– Ian Bostridge

Stories: Ian Bostridge

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

"This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path."

– Nicholas Phan

Stories: Nicholas Phan

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M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

Stories: Paavo Järvi

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

Origins: Sean Shepherd

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

Stories: Inbal Segev

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

Stories: Niles Luther

"The idea that you can, without force, guide a room of people towards a certain direction. This is now what I spend a career trying to learn."

– Edward Gardner

Origins: Edward Gardner

"So much of acting is about the relationships you have with other people you're on stage with, so unless you've sung this with them a bunch of times, I don't know how I would do it."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

Stories: Jacquelyn Stucker

"You read about people finding their roots, finding their second home. There's no explanation for it, but I felt like Cuba was my place. Cuban music gets under my skin and into my veins like no other music."

– Sarah Willis

Origins: Sarah Willis

"Schumann’s songs are as much piano pieces as they are music for voice, and the piano often completes what the voice has said."

– Ian Bostridge

Stories: Ian Bostridge

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

Listening Room: Jacquelyn Stucker

"This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path."

– Nicholas Phan

Stories: Nicholas Phan

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