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 and a symphony orchestra don’t sound in tune when you think about it. When the guest performer is the world’s premiere banjo virtuoso, Bèla Fleck, it’s in perfect harmony. The 18-time ...

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 ...

Comedian Steve Martin joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for a remote performance over Father's Day weekend. Martin played the banjo during Saturday's HearNOW: At Home Gala, a free virtual concert that ...

The opening notes of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” are quintessentially cinematic. The lilt of a seductive clarinet begins a recognizable birdsong. A brassy, deep trombone responds. The two ...

Already revered for his daring new hybridizations fusing bluegrass, folk and jazz, Bela Fleck continues to forge ahead into new musical territory with his “Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra.” Fleck ...

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced nine new programs for this summer's Blossom Music Festival that range from classical favorites by Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to pop concerts featuring "An ...

Bela Fleck will present the world premiere of his Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra— one of the first ever written for the instrument—with the Nashville Symphony on September 22-24 at Schermerhorn ...

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 ...

George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” will meet rapturous bluegrass when banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck leads off ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s 2025-26 season at the Southern Theatre. “I wanted to open with ...

Baltimore native Andrew John "Buddy" Wachter will be the featured soloist for the concert to be held at Chippewassee Park, adjacent to the Tridge in downtown Midland. A banjo player hailed as "the ...