The Open Ears Project
by WQXR & WNYC Studios
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- 🇭🇰HK · Music#943K to 10K
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1.5K to 5K🎙 Weekly cadence·53 episodes·Last published 4mo ago - Monthly Reach
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3K to 10K🇭🇰100% - Active Followers
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900 to 3K
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Introducing Classical Music Happy Hour with Emanuel Ax
Apr 30, 2026
3m 38s
Introducing Our Common Nature with Yo-Yo Ma
Nov 12, 2025
33m 01s
Janna Levin on Mozart’s Unfinished Ambitions
Jun 17, 2024
24m 36s
Hanna Arie-Gaifman on Bach and Survival
Jun 10, 2024
15m 52s
Caroline Shaw on Mendelssohn and Possibility
Jun 3, 2024
11m 49s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/30/26 | classical musicpodcast introduction+3 | — | The Open Ears ProjectWQXR+1 | — | classical musicEmanuel Ax+5 | — | 3m 38s | ||
| 11/12/25 | musicnature+3 | Yo-Yo Ma | Our Common NatureWQXR+1 | — | Yo-Yo MaOur Common Nature+4 | — | 33m 01s | ||
| 6/17/24 | Mozartblack holes+4 | Janna Levin | Mozartblack holes+1 | — | Janna LevinMozart+3 | — | 24m 36s | ||
| 6/10/24 | BachHolocaust+3 | Hanna Arie-Gaifman | Bach sarabande | — | BachZuzana Ruzickova+3 | — | 15m 52s | ||
| 6/3/24 | chamber musiccomposition+3 | Caroline Shaw | Mendelssohn’s “Octet for Strings” | — | Caroline ShawMendelssohn+5 | — | 11m 49s | ||
| 5/27/24 | music appreciationclassical music+4 | Nick Ferrone | Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” | — | Nick FerroneBarber+4 | — | 24m 41s | ||
| 5/20/24 | musicfilmmaking+3 | Lucy Boynton | Chopin | — | Lucy BoyntonChopin+3 | — | 13m 44s | ||
| 5/13/24 | perseverancemusic+3 | Martha Lane Fox | Beethoven | — | Martha Lane FoxBeethoven+3 | — | 17m 52s | ||
| 5/6/24 | medieval musicSteve Reich+3 | Steve Reich | Pérotin | — | Steve Reichmedieval music+3 | — | 25m 31s | ||
| 4/29/24 | musicviolin+4 | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Bach | — | Anne-Sophie MutterBach+4 | — | 12m 32s | ||
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| 4/22/24 | pianoBaroque music+3 | Víkingur Ólafsson | Rameau | Iceland | Víkingur ÓlafssonRameau+5 | — | 16m 21s | ||
| 4/15/24 |  Garth Greenwell on Finding Refuge in the Music of Britten and Pears | Novelist Garth Greenwell reflects on growing up in rural Kentucky and how he found hope and an example of queer love in Benjamin Britten’s music. | — | ||||||
| 4/8/24 |  Jennifer Egan on Chopin's Narrative Masterclass | Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan explains what Chopin’s music taught her about writing. | — | ||||||
| 4/1/24 |  Rowan Williams on Bach and the Daily Discipline of Silence | The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams reflects on how listening to Bach feels a lot like prayer. | — | ||||||
| 3/25/24 |  Dexter Filkins on Tension, Tenderness, and Ravel | While covering the Iraq War, journalist Dexter Filkins witnessed impossible scenes of suffering. Here, he speaks about finding respite in the music of Ravel. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/24 |  Marin Alsop on Beethoven and Humanity’s Infinite Potential | Conductor Marin Alsop guides us through the unforgettable finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and how this music serves as a testament to human connection. | — | ||||||
| 3/11/24 |  Nathalie Joachim on the Connection Between Brahms and Haiti | Grammy-nominated flutist and composer Nathalie Joachim talks about her love for Brahms and the musical connection to her family’s native Haiti. | — | ||||||
| 3/4/24 |  Elizabeth Day on Jacqueline du Pré’s Elgar and Navigating Loss | Novelist, broadcaster and "How to Fail" podcast host Elizabeth Day talks about encountering Jacqueline du Pré’s rendition of Elgar’s Cello Concerto and how it helped her navigate life and loss. | — | ||||||
| 2/26/24 |  Damien Sneed on Dreams, Family and Franz Liszt | Musician Damien Sneed tells a story about performing Franz Liszt’s “Un sospiro” for his family and how it let him loosen his grip around ideas of adoption, rejection and acceptance. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/24 |  Deborah Frances-White on Chance Encounters and Mozart | Right after Deborah Frances-White heard Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” for the first time, she shared a serendipitous encounter with a stranger that could have been lifted from an opera plot. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/24 |  Tom Hiddleston on Arvo Pärt and the Infinite | Actor Tom Hiddleston recalls a powerful experience with nature, Arvo Pärt’s music, and the power of art to remind us of our humanity. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/24 |  The Open Ears Project Returns! | The Open Ears Project returns! New episodes featuring personal stories about the classical music that shapes our lives drop every Monday. | — | ||||||
| 12/20/19 |  BONUS: Tom Hiddleston on The Nutcracker | Actor Tom Hiddleston reminisces about his childhood love of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker and reveals that he still turns to the Russian Dance whenever he needs a shot of vitality in his day. | — | ||||||
| 10/9/19 |  30. Esther Perel on Peace | For the final episode in our opening season of The Open Ears Project, relationship therapist Esther Perel talks about the first time she heard Fauré’s Requiem as a young woman and how it seemed to “understand” an inexpressible sadness she was carrying inside her. She describes with great tenderness the way music connects her to her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, and how this piece transports her to something akin to a religious experience. Keep listening after the episode to hear the full track. | — | ||||||
| 10/8/19 |  29. Krystal Hawes on Imperfection | Project Coordinator Krystal Hawes explores the perfect imperfection of Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte. Keep listening after the episode to hear the full track. | — | ||||||
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Chart history for The Open Ears Project
Peaked at #94 in HK, currently #94 in HK.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK | — | #94 | #94 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.