Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.

Muldaur traveled to Amsterdam to find a group of top-notch European classical musicians to tackle distinctly non-European, and mostly non-classical work.

It is very cool to hear how the composer blended classical ragas and European music.” “Thumbprint” was written by Kamala Sankaram, who has a musical imagination that spans continents.