Classical Californians: John Mario Di Costanzo

This week's Classical Californian is is conductor, pianist, and educator John Mario Di Costanzo, Music Director of the Temecula Valley Symphony and the Coachella Valley Symphony.

Classical Californians: Etienne Gara Part 2

This week our Classical Californian is violinist Etienne Gara, founder and Artistic Director of Delirium Musicum

Classical Californians: Steven Schick

This week on Classical Californians, Percussionist, conductor, educator, and contemporary music pioneer Steven Schick shares a playlist featuring works by Iannis Xenakis, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, John Luther Adams, and Olivier Messiaen.

Classical Californians: Alexander Shelley

This week on Classical Californians, conductor and Music Director of Pacific Symphony, Alexander Shelley, shares a special recording of his parents, pianists Hilary Macnamara and Howard Shelley.

Classical Californians: Hunter Noack

This week on Classical Californians, we feature Hunter Noack, a pianist and the founder of IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild, an outdoor concert series that brings a Steinway grand piano to parks, forests, deserts, and other natural settings across the American West.

Classical Californians: Maia Jasper White and Kevin Kumar

This week's Classical Californians are Maia Jasper White and Kevin Kumar, co-founders and Artistic Directors of Salastina

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Death

Death can be sad and scary. But as John Dowland said, “no doubt pleasant are the tears which Music weeps, neither are tears shed always in sorrow, but sometimes in joy and gladness.” Tune in this week to hear what death can sound like: spooky, silly, and bittersweet.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Teresa Carreño

Nicknamed the "Valkyrie of the Piano," she performed for two American presidents, composed over 70 works, and even sang opera. This week, the unerasable Teresa Carreño.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: José Pablo Moncayo

¡Bienvenidos, cuates! Welcome to Mexico and the "Aztec Renaissance." One of Mexico's greatest composers, José Pablo Moncayo captured his country in music, from sonatas and symphonies to a ballet, a film score, and an opera. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with music that'll make you want to dance.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Antonín Dvořák

What do Disney's The Little Mermaid, the anime One Piece, and Sam Cooke all have in common? Dvořák has this answer.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Johannes Brahms

Brahms the pop star? His melodies show up in movies, cartoons, even pop songs, because he loved popular music too! Tune in this week for a lullaby, a Hungarian dance, student drinking songs, and Frank Sinatra.

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Robert Schumann

Waiting for the other Schu to drop? This week, Robert's your mann.

Notes from the Fires: One year after the fires, all we know for sure is what we already knew: people and music are good.

Notes from the Fires, host John Rabe reflects on the year following the Palisades Fire.

Notes from the Fires: The following episode contains good news … and anchovies.

Notes from the Fires, host John Rabe interviewed Alex Opsahl and Ian Pritchard, founders of the Baroque ensemble Tesserae, to see how they are building back their lives.

Notes from the Fires: This episode might change your mind about spreadsheets. Really.

The publicist is Judy Miller Silverman and Notes from the Fires host, John Rabe, talk about her simple act that touched hundreds of thousands of people.

Notes from the Fires: Fire Victims Fight Trauma with Tradition

Pianists Natasha Marin and Maria Demina, friends for decades who play together as the DoubleSharp Piano Duo, speak with Notes from the Fires host John Rabe.

Did our Notes from the Fires friends find something to be grateful for on Thanksgiving? Spoiler Alert: Yes.

Notes from the Fires host, John Rabe asks Christopher Still, the second trumpet for the LA Phil, “How was your Thanksgiving?”

Notes from the Fires: Music for your Thanksgiving, music to be Thankful for

Notes from the Fires host, John Rabe, is talking with a few of the dozens of classical musicians he’s spoken with since March, to hear what tunes they’re thankful for.