“What we have called matter is energy whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.” Albert Einstein

Our wanderings have led us to ideas that we think may pique your interest

The Andalusian cadence; your oldest musical friend

An interview with busy young composer Nico Muhly

New evidence of mental benefits from music training

NY Times’ Anthony Tommasini gives dissonance its due

Pianist Byron Janis: How music heals

Leon Botstein slams the SAT Test

Paul Bisceglio asks “Is Music a Language?”

Why are the world’s oldest pianists often the greatest pianists?

Classical music isn’t dead; let’s stop trying to kill it – The New Yorker

How Anita Wallfisch rescued the Carmel Bach Festival

A = 440 cycles per second, right? Wrong!

Esa-Pekka Salonen: 10 tips to becoming a conductor

How did ancient Greek music actually sound?

John Eliot Gardiner’s book, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven

Do looks matter more than artistry at piano competitions?

Inspired sacrilege: Timothy Andres rewrites and performs Mozart

KPFA Historical Archives now available for free listening