orchestra

Orpheus

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

WNYC’s Sara Fishko explores how this chamber orchestra makes music without a conductor. (Originally aired: January 27, 2001)

How Art Works: Conducting

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Now Playing: The Star-Spangled Banner

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Orchestrators

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Cellist

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Won Hyung-joon leads the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra and hopes one day to perform together with North Korean musicians.

Why ‘Arirang’ is the perfect song for a divided Korea

February 8, 2018Music

A South Korean violinist has long dreamed of bringing together North and South Koreans musicians for a musical reunification. He almost made it happen.

On stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

September 18, 2017Arts

Music performed by symphony orchestras sounds sublime from the 17th row, but on stage? Not so much.

David Radznyski is the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's newest concertmaster. He’s a 28-year-old violinist from New Haven, Connecticut, with Israeli roots.

Israel’s newest concertmaster leads a youth movement at the country’s premier orchestra

May 20, 2015Culture

At 28, David Radzynski is one of the youngest violinists leading a major world orchestra today. He was just picked as the concertmaster for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra after studying and living in the US for most of his life, and he’s part of a big influx of young musicians at the orchestra.