Banjo player and composer Béla Fleck. Legendary banjo player and composer Béla Fleck has been a cross-genre leader for decades. Brooke Knoll speaks with Béla about first taking the banjo into orchestra rehearsals, improvisation in classical music and ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — Appearing with the Cleveland Orchestra on Saturday evening July 6, Béla Fleck surprised the Blossom Music Center crowd not so much by the level of his playing — virtuosic as always — but by how well he adapted the solo piano ...

Internationally renowned banjoist and composer Béla Fleck returns to New Orleans this weekend to perform with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, for two concerts at the Orpheum Theater and one at First Baptist Church in Covington. But this isn't the ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANI) – In a celebration of classical music, the As We Speak India tour has been announced, featuring Grammy-winning icons Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia, Bela Fleck, and Edgar Meyer. This multi-city tour, scheduled for January 2025 ...

Today, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain announced a new album featuring Rakesh Chaurasia titled As We Speak, which is set to release on May 12 via Thirty Tigers. In celebration of the announcement of the LP, which unites bluegrass, classical ...

The Colorado Symphony just announced its latest collaboration with a contemporary artist at Red Rocks: The orchestra will be joined by Béla Fleck, the sixteen-time Grammy winner who has spent four decades playing his banjo, merging jazz, country ...

On August 25th, E1 Music will release The Melody of Rhythm, an unparalleled collaboration between banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, composer and double-bass master Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain. Arguably the world's greatest tabla player, followed by a 19-city ...

His core group of bluegrass comrades, including mandolinist and fellow New Grass Revivalist Sam Bush, guitarist Tony Rice, fiddle player Stuart Duncan, bassist Mark Schatz and dobro player Jerry Douglas appear on Drive, along with special guests Mark O ...