Tom Huizenga

As the new concert season gets underway, composers and orchestra administrators say they are feeling a shift in whose music gets heard.

New to the music of Steve Reich? His latest recording, featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic, may be his most approachable.

Hear the acclaimed classical singer put an exquisite twist on a deep cut from the troubled singer-songwriter Connie Converse.

The Pulitzer-winning, MacArthur "genius" co-founder of Bang on a Can looks for the grit in music, whether she's writing a string quartet or one of her history-based oratorios.

The young rising violin star not only makes his instrument sing, he offers music by composers of color.

The Scottish guitarist defies expectations, ditching his traditional nylon-strung instrument for a Fender Stratocaster to play a startling range of music – from Meredith Monk to Chick Corea.

The versatile Attacca Quartet offers a funhouse of musical trap doors in a piece by the Pulitzer-winning composer Caroline Shaw.

Hear one of the intrepid violinist's 22 commissioned works, focusing on the harrowing year that was 2020.

From sexist professors and low self-esteem to worldwide acclaim, the Finnish composer talks about her path to success and her relentless pursuit of sound.

The Mivos Quartet offers a new, colorful piece by Henry Threadgill and music by Robert Honstein inspired by the shimmering light at the Arctic Circle.

Hear the towering – and polarizing – author in conversation about his 4,000-page book, The Oxford History of Western Music.

Watch a world premiere performance of choral songs built on texts from important Washington women, from Kamala Harris and Condoleezza Rice to Eleanor Roosevelt, Elena Kagan and Abigail Adams.

With only her voice as an instrument, the Japanese singer conjures a world of sound and color, with operatic élan.

Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.

In music of translucent constancy, the Pulitzer-winning composer finds philosophical questions — and comfort — in the Old Testament.

The Los Angeles-based band refurbishes an enigmatic, but entrancing piece by the late Julius Eastman, whose music is enjoying a well-deserved resurgence.

On a new album, the most accessible so far, the Grammy-winning group reaches out to an EDM wizard, a famous film score composer and Philip Glass.

Musicians from Canada's Royal Conservatory in Toronto introduce the spirited and overlooked music of Ukrainian composer Dmitri Klebanov.

A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.

Hear the Chicago-based ensemble lay down a killer groove, composed by electronic music producer Jlin.