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Deborah Borda, President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic speaks to WQXR's James Bennett about the current crisis and the need to re-invent the future.

Pianist Jeremy Denk in conversation with WQXR host Zev Kane

WQXR's evening host Terrance McKnight in conversation with Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson

Zev Kane is talking to Violinist Leonidas Kavakos about Beethoven, the right time and place, and the power of music.

Actor Tom Hiddleston reminisces about his childhood love of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky and reveals the part it still plays in his life.

Relationship therapist and podcaster Esther Perel reflects upon Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and what it has taught her about the power of music to connect us to our rawest emotions.

Radio producer Krystal Hawes explores the perfect imperfection of Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte.

Actor Jesse Eisenberg talks about how a trip to Poland led him to discover not only more about his family history, but the music of Chopin, in particular the Etude Opus 10, No. 1.

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon gives moving insight into his long and inspiring journey with the music of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto.

TV producer Megan Reid talks about Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel helped spark a lifelong obsession with ballet.

Broadcaster Terrance McKnight links family, art, a late Beethoven piano bagatelle, and the extraordinary poetry of Langston Hughes.

Preschool art teacher Justin Jackson explains how he uses Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King to inspire the creativity and imagination of his schoolchildren.

Journalist Alison Stewart talks about how Erik Satie's Gymnopédies helped her find solace in playing the piano as an adult, and how the music helps her “let go”.

Digital strategist Jacqui Cheng shares how she discovered the music of Bach via her 1980s Atari habit, but it’s the Violin Sonata No. 1 that helps walk her through a period of grief.

Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis discusses how Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 helped him understand the role of music in connecting the past and the future.

Instagram’s Eva Chen talks about how a Mozart Piano Concerto helps her switch between gears as she moves from a busy life in fashion to writing a successful series of children’s books.

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard talks about how Debussy’s Clair de Lune became “comfort music” after her mother died, and still elevates her from the noise and chaos of everyday life.

Opera singer J'Nai Bridges discusses what she learned about forgiveness, memory and legacy from Henry Purcell's heartbreaking Dido's Lament.

US Army reservist Joe Young talks about how Steve Reich’s music helped him find his path in life.

Writer Robert Macfarlane reflects on the transporting fragility and beauty of Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse heard in a time of war.