WQXR is partnering with the New York Philharmonic again to showcase music written by fourteen extraordinary composers between the ages of nine and seventeen and all participants in the New York ...

Tune in to hear a production of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier from Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France. The production, ...

Host Alexa Smith presents the remaining 2023 Astral Artists National Competition Winners in the conclusion of this 2-part ...

WQXR celebrates International Cat Day with images from our listeners' feline friends.

Saturday at the Opera Produced by WFMT. This show is airing Saturdays at 1pm ...

August 8, 2025- We go through the agenda items in Albany for New York's nearly 500,000 public sector retirees with Tom Tatun, the recently anointed executive director for the Retired Public Employees ...

August 8, 2025- State Sen. Jake Ashby, a Capital Region Republican who did combat tours overseas with the Army Reserves, talks about increasing services for Purple Heart awardees and ...

WFMT brings you the most electrifying live performances from the world’s great opera companies. All 2025 opera broadcasts are Saturdays at 1 pm (ET). La Scala in Milan June 21: La Forza del destino / ...

What exactly is going on here? What is the masterful composer actually making fun of? In an attempt to answer these pressing questions, we called up Fordham musicology professor and Switched on Pop co ...

The story behind Muzak's use of pseudo-science to influence consumers and workers and how its empire collapsed.

A popular coffee shop near my college campus had an effective tactic for encouraging customers to leave in advance of closing time. Around a half hour before midnight, the playlist of gooey folk tunes ...

August 4, 2025- New York's development of offshore wind has stalled, so state regulators are hitting pause on the hunt for more transmission capacity. We explore the decision by the s ...