Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman was the first wind player to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize.

Darius Milhaud with wife Madeleine. California, ca. 1950.

Darius Milhaud. Milhaud's "Jewish" opus, Service Sacré, was recorded by the Milken Archive in its entirety for the first time.

Lazar Weiner.

Julius Chajes. A refugee from the Third Reich, Chajes became an important musical figure in Detroit, Michigan.

A Living Hall of Fame of Music: Leopold Auer. At the gala given at Carnegie Hall to Celebrate his Eightieth Birthday, With Some of His Most Famous Pupils and Others Who Took Part in the Program. They Are, Left to Right: Standing, Joseph Achron, Efrem Zimbalist, Ossip Gabrilowtsch, Serge Rachmoninoff, Joseph Hoffman and Paul Stassievitch. Seated, Leopold Auer and Jascha Jeifetz. August 28, 1925.

Mme. Madeleine Milhaud. Wife of composer Darius Milhaud. Milken Archive oral history session. Paris, France.

Richard Wernick. In reference to his range of musical styles and techniques, Richard Wernick has said, “I find this mixture of old and new, consonant and dissonant, tonal and nontonal, a comfortable one in which to live and create.”

Richard Wernick. A composer of many accomplishments, Wernick was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music in 1977.

Meyer Kupferman. "I like to mix things that normally don’t mix. It’s a bit like walking down Broadway, or riding the subways of New York. There’s sort of a mix of love and hate, fears, joys, and tragic components, all mingled in the sights and sounds around you. I think that because I’m a New Yorker, I have this sense of what can happen in a very tiny area between all of these unmixable elements."

Meyer Kupferman. A painter as well as a composer, Kupferman was a great admirer of Chagall.

Michael Bochmann. Milken Archive recording session. London, England.

Bochmann Quartet. Milken Archive recording session. London, England.

Bochmann Quartet. Milken Archive recording session. London, England.

David Le Page. Milken Archive recording session. London, England. Le Page is a member of the Bochmann Quartet.

David Le Page (viola) and Peter Adams (cello). Milken Archive recording session. London, England. Le Page and Adams are members of the Bochmann Quartet.

Michael Bochmann. Milken Archive recording session. London, England. Bochmann is the founder of the Bochmann Quartet.

Mark Messenger. Milken Archive recording session. London, England. Messenger is a member of the Bochmann Quartet.

Michael Shapiro. Milken Archive oral history session. New York, New York.

Michael Shapiro. Milken Archive oral history session. New York, New York.