Sara Fishko

After years teaching in another country, a seasoned pianist comes home.

The late Orrin Keepnews had a special connection with a variety of jazz musicians - especially Thelonious Monk.

From the archives: Edward Steichen took on the whole human race in his 1955 show at the Museum of Modern Art.

From the archives: WNYC's Sara Fishko talks with two late, great jazz photographers about capturing musical giants on film.

David Lang's new opera at BAM gives voice to a competitive, frustrated concert pianist.

In an age of instant access and digital recall, the Chiara String Quartet is committing their music to memory.

From the archives: As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, the multiple-Oscar-winning Chayefsky fought to the death for every fierce and furious word he wrote.

From the archives: As the subject of an upcoming biopic starring Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins may have been so bad that she was good.

From the archives: WNYC’s Sara Fishko interviews William Bolcom, the genre-mixing, music-loving, composer-quoting writer of all kinds of musical works.

From the archives: Sara Fishko meditates on the mysteries of a VERY popular tune.

From the archives: WNYC’s Sara Fishko charts several iterations of Romeo and Juliet, and considers how that classic Shakespeare tragedy inspired a great Russian ballet score.

Diane Arbus formed a remarkable bond with her photographic subjects.

From the archives: Reflections on the life and work of the gifted cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, following his death in 2007.

From the archives: The line between surveillance and entertainment, says WNYC’s Sara Fishko, has never been blurrier. 

The current political moment offers a chance to rediscover an old film about an American rise and fall. 

From the archives: Ravel, Debussy and Prokofiev are among the composers who made piano-recordings of their own works — and they have Sara Fishko pondering the nature of interpretation.

From the archives: Chet Baker and Miles Davis are both the subjects of new biopics, but the mystique of the horn player has long held a special place in musical mythology.