In advance of her appearance with the Toledo Symphony, singer/songwriter China Forbes joins WGTE-FM's Brad Cresswell for a chat about her band Pink Martini, her opera obsession and more.

Anthony de Mare's latest release is the culmination of a four-year recording project that features 36 "re-imaginings" of Stephen Sondheim tunes by modern composers. The enterprising pianist joins us with the backstory of The Liaisons Project and a preview of some of the music.

Venezuelan-born Gabriela Montero is not only a world-famous pianist, she's also a human rights activist who has been an outspoken opponent of her homeland's Chavist government. That activism has expressed itself in Gabriela's first composition, Ex Patria - a powerful tour-de-force for piano and orchestra which portrays the violence and corruption that has overtaken her native country.

Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital joins us to preview his album Between Worlds - a genre-defying tour of the globe exploring the nexus between classical, popular and traditional music.

Composer Max Richter introduces us to his eight-hour project SLEEP, designed to be listened to while sleeping.

Superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann takes us on a tour of Franz Schubert's final song cycle Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey) - a profoundly moving and psychologically penetrating set of songs with texts by the poet Wilhelm Müller.