Missy Mazzoli has a distinct, poignant compositional point-of-view -- a voice which rings clearly throughout her work, be it music written for orchestra, her chamber-pop band Victoire or operatic voices.

Q2 Music welcomes back pianist-in-residence Jed Distler for a month-long investigation of Beethoven's piano music and its far-reaching effects on contemporary keyboard music. This week: The Definitive Diabellis.

Fall has settled in and the brisk winter nights are nearly upon us. This week's Cued Up offers a little night music for those blustery and lethargic after hours.

In observance of the holidays, the New Canon takes a break from live chats this week but has much to be thankful for with Elliott Carter's 103rd birthday.

Q2 Music welcomes back pianist-in-residence Jed Distler for a month-long investigation of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas and their far-reaching effects on contemporary keyboard music.

As part of WQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month, Q2 Music honors the spirit of arguably the most iconic and paradigm-shifting composer of all time with four weeklong portraits of some of today's most distinct and inventive compositional voices. Featuring insights provided by the composers themselves to their key works, this month draws back the curtain with exclusive, direct composer commentary on what it means to write music in the 21st century. This week: Sleeping Giant's co-founder and composer/pianist Timothy Andres.

While many activists flock to New York to make their voices heard, performing artists often help to fuel social movements by spreading music and art that tell the stories of the repressed and less fortunate.

Q2 Music welcomes back pianist-in-residence Jed Distler as part of our month-long investigation of Beethoven's far-reaching effects on contemporary keyboard music.

As part of WQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month, Q2 Music honors the spirit of arguably the most iconic and paradigm-shifting composer of all time with four weeklong portraits of some of today's most distinct and inventive compositional voices. This week, indie-rock luminary Tyondai Braxton. 

This week on Cued Up, we sample works that embody the sounds of Eastern Europe, India and Asia from a bevy of in-concert recordings of music by Chen Yi, Tigran Mansuryan, Evan Ziporyn, Lei Liang and more.

Friday at 1 pm on The New Canon, we look forward to the U.S. premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's opera Kommilitonen! with featured soprano Deanna Breiwick and conductor Anne Manson.