OMG! Van Eyck was here. Celebrating Jan van Eyck: Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Commissioned by the City of Ghent and on the occasion of the Van Eyck Year 2020, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt wrote a new work with the world-famous altarpiece the…

Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi were the two most celebrated artists of the second half of the last century. Made into hostile enemies by their admirers, the two became untouchable goddesses of the opera. To their fans, Callas was known as “the…

A series of recitals by the master pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy at a new peak in his career. Both his audiences and the critics have been aware in recent years of new dimensions in Ashkenazy's playing. This may stem in part from his broadening…

Towards the end of 1976 Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman made a European tour together, playing duos for two violins and for violin and viola with Zukerman playing the viola part. The tour began with a concert in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in…

In 1808 the composer and violinist Louis Spohr was invited to a rehearsal in Beethoven's house of the D Major Piano Trio, Opus 70, No.1 known as The Ghost, and wrote of the occasion: "It was not an enjoyable experience. First of all the piano was…

Classical music is not supposed to be fun, right? And yet, every concert of the Philharmonix is a living, grooving, finger-snapping testament to the contrary. The Philharmonix’ sophisticated sense of humor allows them to move seamlessly from the…

PERU: Amazon: Co-Host Alvaro takes Jacob into Iquitos and on a boat cruise all along the Amazon, they experience first hand the beauty of Amazonia and life on the Amazon in style. From high end cuisine to the most fantastic excursions they come to…

‘Atlanta’s Stage’: Following the 6 degrees of separation one artist introduces us to the next, each showing the world their Atlanta, it strength of creative collaboration and comraderie. We are introduced to the Atlanta Ballet by ballerina Tara Lee…

We begin our voyage in the western foothills of the southern Middle Atlas (Moyen Atlas) mountains and travel to FES. The amazing old capital of Morocco lives in two worlds, the new modern Fes and the old Medina, both resound on one’s sense in color…

This episode sees the Music Voyager team delving deeper into the Georgian heartlands, where spirituals, gospel and the blues laid the foundation for American popular music. We start in Albany with Miss Rutha Harris, one of the original Freedom…