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Unconventionally Classical 🎶
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Nonprofit | A public service of @uscedu
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Wherever you are, there’s a place for classical music. 🎶

From our studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Classical California brings classical music to listeners across California and free online streaming makes it available around the world. 🌎💛

And you’re never just listening alone. Our hosts are here to introduce you to the music, share the stories, and help you find the moments that make your everyday life a little more harmonious.

Save this guide so you never miss a note! ✍️

Classical music for everyone, everywhere. Listen anytime, anywhere, always free at classicalcalifornia.org.

#classicalmusic #radiostation #radiohost #liveradio #ClassicalCalifornia by @classicalcalifornia

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After bringing together the on-air voices of KUSC and KDFC, Classical California is officially launching our new website and social channels, creating one welcoming home for classical music across the state and beyond.

We’re listener-supported and community-powered. From our broadcast studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco, your support keeps this music free, accessible, and thoughtfully curated by real people. No algorithms, just heart. Together, we’re making everyday life more harmonious across California and around the globe.

Listen on-air throughout California on our 11 signals or stream anywhere, anytime on our new website, all at no cost. One statewide home. One shared community. Endless access to the music you love.

Because classical music belongs to everyone. And here, it always will. 🎼🌎

🎶 Listen now at classicalcalifornia.org

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What is Classical Music?🎙️Maggie Clennon Reberg #classicalmusic #mozart #tchaikovsky #radio taken in San Francisco, California by @classicalcalifornia

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🎶 NEW GIFT ALERT! 🎶

Our Fall Membership Drive is going strong! Donate $15/month or $180 one-time and choose our new Classical California crossbody bag! 👜✨

🎟️ Plus, you could win a pair of tickets to American Contemporary Ballet’s Pas de Deux on October 31 in Downtown LA!

Your support keeps classical music FREE for everyone. 💛

Donate now at classicalcalifornia.org

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Congratulations to President Beong-Soo Kim on his investiture as the 13th president of the University of Southern California! ❤️💛

As a proud public service of USC, Classical California is delighted to celebrate President Kim not only in his new role, but also as a fellow lover of classical music! 🎻

Did you know President Kim is a cellist? As one of our Classical Californians, he shared the music that has shaped his journey, from Brahms and Schubert to his own performance of Bach’s Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 1. He also shared selections that celebrate the musicians he admires while honoring his Trojan roots. 🎶

Missed the conversation? Listen to the full episode On-Demand at classicalcalifornia.org.

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Help keep the music you love within everyone’s reach! 🫶🎶

Classical California’s Fall Drive is underway! Whether our music brings you a moment of calm, a spark of inspiration, or simply a more beautiful day, we’re grateful you listen.

As a nearly entirely listener-funded service, we depend on your generosity to keep classical music strong, free, and accessible to all.

When you give $12 a month, you can also choose our new black and grey Classical California scarf as a thank-you gift. 🧣

Your support makes a difference. Call 1-800-421-1717 or contribute online at classicalcalifornia.org

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🎙️CUE THE FANFARE. 🎶
We’re raising money to keep great music, great stories, and your favorite friendly voices on the air.

Donate now at classicalcalifornia.org or use our link in bio to use Apple Pay (we finally have it 🤣!!)

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What does the path to an LA Opera podium look like?

For Domingo Hindoyan, it started in Caracas with El Sistema and a violin, alongside Gustavo Dudamel. Then came Berlin, Liverpool, and eventually Los Angeles. Now Hindoyan becomes just the third Music Director in @laopera history, succeeding James Conlon after 20 seasons.

His first season begins with Carmen on October 17, in LA Opera’s first new production of the work since 1998.
Swipe through for the story behind the conductor stepping into one of LA’s biggest musical roles.

What are you curious to hear from this new chapter?

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Tania León has spent more than five decades widening the sound of American classical music.

She helped build Dance Theatre of Harlem as its first music director, conducted major orchestras, created platforms for living composers, and kept writing music of her own.

In 2021, Stride made León the first Latin American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music.

And she’s still writing what comes next. This fall, Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic premiered her new orchestral work, Imágenes mestizas, and this month they’re taking it across Europe.

Swipe through for the story of an artist whose influence reaches far beyond any one role.

If you’re new to Tania León, would you start with Stride or Imágenes mestizas?

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Danzón No. 2 carries more than one story. The danzón was born in Cuba, found a second home in Mexico, and became part of the musical world Márquez grew up around.

After his family moved to California, Márquez began studying violin at 14 in La Puente, California, and later returned to earn his MFA at CalArts.

Decades later, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers asked him for a concerto rooted in Mexican music. The result was Fandango, premiered at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

From Mexico to California and back again through the music.

Where did you first hear Danzón No. 2?

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⏰ TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO VOTE! What’s the one piece you’d put at No. 1?

Last year, Mozart took Beethoven’s spot at the top of Classical California’s Ultimate 101. Who deserves the crown this year? Make your voice heard before voting closes tonight!

🎶 A lifelong favorite, a film score, or something you discovered yesterday, your picks help shape our annual countdown of 101 listener favorites.

💬 When you submit online, tell us why you chose your piece. We may share your story on air during the countdown, the week of October 26.

Here’s how to vote before it’s too late: 🎵 Vote in our Story polls or submit up to 10 different pieces at classicalcalifornia.org

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