Sara Fishko

 Sara Fishko has been exploring a small record label – with only a few releases – that delivers a whole world.

In honor of the many faces of summer Shakespeare, WNYC’s Sara Fishko considers the infinite variations on the Bard’s most celebrated play.

WNYC's Sara Fishko talks with pianist Garrick Ohlsson about his connection with Chopin's music...

WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us about the legendary history of Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude in this edition of Fishko Files...

WNYC's Sara Fishko looks at the past and present of film criticism, and its variable impact over a couple of generations.

WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us how bandleader Artie Shaw is worth remembering for more than just his music...

As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, there’s a particular synergy that comes from many people doing the same thing.

In 1935, Jascha Heifetz made the first recording, ever, of the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

WNYC’s Sara Fishko has a story to tell about Madison Avenue –- and how one ad campaign in the 1950s conquered the Northeast Region

WNYC’s Sara Fishko takes us back to one memorable version of Robin Hood that contains some peculiar twists of history and mystery

Friday marks 100 years since the birth of Sviatoslav Richter. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, this Russian pianist masterfully broke the mold. Here is this Fishko Files.

WNYC’s Sara Fishko speaks to British film director Ken Russell, who died in 2011, about his movie-run through music history... 

Andy Warhol’s image is rarely out of the public eye.

Sara Fishko can't stop thinking about a certain Ida Lupino film...in this edition of the Fishko Files

Since jazz began, composers have had the impulse to “jazz up” the more traditional symphony orchestra. Has it been a happy partnership between the two styles? 

WNYC’s Sara Fishko looks back more than 50 years at an expertly written television series called The Defenders. 

In this edition of Fishko Files, WNYC’s Sara Fishko hears tales from postwar painters.

In this Fishko Files WNYC’s Sara Fishko considers Leonard Bernstein’s atypical opera, Trouble in Tahiti. (Produced in 2010)

As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us, Italian tenor Mario Lanza’s short career hit notes both very high – and very low. Here is the next Fishko Files…

The art of translation has a lot to do with give and take --between two languages, and in this case, two translators.  Here is the next Fishko Files...