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Celebrated Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair will perform with pianist Olivier Godin, Bourgie Halls artistic director, Jan. 27.

Writer Dave Maass and artist Patrick Lay discuss their new graphic novel, based on an obscure opera by two victims of the Holocaust.

"This is beautiful and strange," Neil Gaiman says, describing it as "heartbreaking and affecting... a reminder of what art is for."

Scott Simon talks with violist Mark Ludwig about his efforts to preserve - and play - the music written by some of the many musicians imprisoned and killed at the Terezin concentration camp.

"Music under the Swastika" looks at why Hitler and the Nazis favored classical music and how it saved Jewish cellist, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's life.

The English Symphony Orchestra will visit Worcester on Thursday (November 23) for a performance of Desire for Life.

Discover captivating world history news and fascinating stories from around the globe on Smithsonian Magazine's World History category.

At the Terezin concentration camp, some of Europe's top artists found solace in creating new work. Today one musician is determined to give them an encore

This year’s theme is migrant composers, which, it must be said, offered festival founder Elena Bashkirova – a celebrated pianist – plenty of room for programmatic maneuver.

By the end of this past summer, concert halls were almost fully open, and often full. WBUR's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz shares his favorites of the year.