The banjo isn’t exactly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think of the classical concert hall, but Virginia native John Bullard has blended his background in bluegrass and Bach to bring ...

You might think that someone born with the name Bela Anton Leos Fleck would be destined to perform classical music, and you’d be right. Multi Grammy-winning banjo player Bela Fleck, born in New York ...

Tim Weed has heard all the banjo jokes -- the constant digs about the banjo in the movie Deliverance or the Beverly Hillbillies TV show. But a funny thing happens when Weed actually plays the ...

A banjo player named for three classical composers, Béla Anton Leos Fleck celebrates both bluegrass and classical sounds with his original music. Fleck will be the featured artist with the Louisiana ...

It seems so appropriate for a man named Bela Anton Leos Fleck to put out a record of classical music. After all, his name pays tribute to composers Bartok, Dvorak and Janacek. But how does a banjo ...

Tim Weed is used to the funny looks he gets when he tells people he plays classical music on the five-string banjo. In particular, he remembers the reaction he got from a European media mogul when he ...

You scan the playlist — Schumann, Handel, Bach, and friends — and you wonder how this is possible. But no: John Bullard is serious, and although he plays the banjo, he does not view that as an ...

When you first hear the music of Harpeth Rising, you’ll detect classical underpinnings, strong Appalachian and Eastern European influences, with some 21 st century elements. The trio calls it ...

For Renée Fleming, returning to Spoleto Festival USA is something of a full-circle moment. Long before she became one of the world’s most recognizable sopranos — singing at the Super Bowl, the Nobel ...