Tom Huizenga
Tom Huizenga is a producer for 91制片厂 Music. He contributes a wide range of stories about classical music to 91制片厂's news programs and is the classical music reviewer for All Things Considered. He appears regularly on 91制片厂 Music podcasts and founded 91制片厂's classical music blog in 2010.
Joining 91制片厂 in 1999, Huizenga produced, wrote and edited 91制片厂's Peabody Award-winning daily classical music show Performance Today and the programs SymphonyCast and World of Opera.
He's produced live radio broadcasts from the Kennedy Center and other venues, including New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge, where he created 91制片厂's featuring the Emerson String Quartet.
As a video producer, Huizenga has created some of 91制片厂 Music's noteworthy music documentaries in New York. He brought mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato to the historic in Greenwich Village, placed tenor Lawrence Brownlee and pianist Jason Moran at a historic church in Harlem, and invited composer Philip Glass to to discuss music with Devont茅 Hynes (aka Blood Orange).
He has also written and produced , such as , broadcast on stations around the country.
Prior to 91制片厂, Huizenga served as music director for 91制片厂 member station KRWG, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and taught in the journalism department at New Mexico State University.
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Huizenga's radio career began at the University of Michigan, where he produced and hosted a broad range of radio programs at Ann Arbor's WCBN-FM. He holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in English literature and ethnomusicology.
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Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles. -
For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) -
The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites. -
Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers. -
In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons. -
91制片厂 staff recommend 5 non-fiction books for reading over the holidays or anytime, really: "The New India," "Unshrinking," "We're Alone," "New Cold Wars," and "Between Two Sounds."
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The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence. -
Armed with just her cello, a looping machine and a pair of percussionists, Beiser crafts a rendition of Terry Riley's pioneering In C that is equally mesmerizing and graceful. -
When he takes over, in the fall of 2027, he will be the youngest music director in the orchestra's 133-year history. -
One of the most performed living composers unpacks the power of melody in her music, her unconventional path to success and how visual art guides her process.
