This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. Classical pianist Andre Watts died last week at the age of 77. Watts is known as one of the first Black superstars in classical music. He became famous at 16 after ...

Key points Practically speaking, a prodigy is simply a child who can do musical things that peers cannot. Prodigies are produced from a combination of environmental factors and personal ...

As someone who frequently puts the words music, learning, and psychology together in my professional activities, occasionally I get contacted by people who are interested in better understanding child ...

Opera San Jose will begin a run of Cinderella next week, featuring the opera's composer-turned-conductor, 17-year-old musical prodigy Alma Deutscher. Deutscher will debut a new version of the opera ...

When Ryan Coogler began developing his latest film “Sinners,” he knew one role would be particularly key: that of Sammie, the teenage cousin of Michael B. Jordan’s gangster twins Smoke and Stack.

DAVIS, Calif. (CNN Newsource/KCRA/WKRC) - The University of California, Davis' youngest graduate in the class of 2022 is a musical prodigy. Even more remarkable than her talent is her age—she earned ...

This flute was made by one of the finest flute makers of the late nineteenth century, William R. Meinell, and is a beautiful example of a modern, high-end instrument of the time. While the flute has ...

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In the ‘70s and ‘80s, sex comedies ruled at the box office, with audiences swarming movie theaters to see films with young people getting into one naughty misadventure after another. The genre started ...

Joey DeFrancesco is a true master of the jazz organ, the one others look up to as the standard bearer, as was his inspirational hero, Jimmy Smith. Arguably, he could be dubbed the Mozart of the jazz ...