The Open Ears Project

Music Podcasts

Part mixtape, part sonic love-letter, The Open Ears Project is a podcast in which people share the classical track that means the most to them and why. Created by journalist and former WQXR Creative Director Clemency Burton-Hill, each episode offers a...

Episodes

Introducing Classical Music Happy Hour with Emanuel Ax

Introducing Our Common Nature with Yo-Yo Ma

Janna Levin on Mozart’s Unfinished Ambitions

Hanna Arie-Gaifman on Bach and Survival

Caroline Shaw on Mendelssohn and Possibility

Nick Ferrone on Why Barber’s “Adagio” Gets a Bad Rap

Lucy Boynton on Chopin and Getting Into Character

Martha Lane Fox on Perseverance and Beethoven

Steve Reich on Why Medieval Music Sounds So Fresh

Anne-Sophie Mutter on Why Bach Is Always the Answer

Víkingur Ólafsson on the Unpredictable Futurism of Rameau

Garth Greenwell on Finding Refuge in the Music of Britten and Pears

Jennifer Egan on Chopin's Narrative Masterclass

Rowan Williams on Bach and the Daily Discipline of Silence

Dexter Filkins on Tension, Tenderness, and Ravel

Marin Alsop on Beethoven and Humanity’s Infinite Potential

Nathalie Joachim on the Connection Between Brahms and Haiti

Elizabeth Day on Jacqueline du Pré’s Elgar and Navigating Loss

Damien Sneed on Dreams, Family and Franz Liszt

Deborah Frances-White on Chance Encounters and Mozart