Composers & Musicians

Hear the incredible artistry of this Grammy Award-winning singer interacting with the audience and improvising original works and "inventions" on the music of Gershwin, Charlie Parker and others.

Pete Seeger used the power of song to protest unjust policies, laws and social conventions.

Ben Kingsley stars in Tony Palmer's film dramatizing the life of Shostakovich, who opposed the directives of Stalin and defied him with his music. 

Set in medieval cloisters in mystic German landscapes, this passionate bio-drama features the12th-century Benedictine nun who was a composer and mystic.