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Brooklyn-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein traveled to Cuba to make her recent album with a young orchestra from Havana. Now they're on tour in the U.S.

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Mozart And 'The Peanut Vendor' In Havana

Jun 22, 2017

What happens when cultural doors open between the U.S. and Cuba? Beautiful moments like this mix of Mozart and a Cuban classic — with Brooklyn pianist Simone Dinnerstein and an orchestra from Havana.

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The Las Vegas Philharmonic is back on Classical 89.7

Jun 21, 2017

It's our summer of broadcast performances from the Philharmonic's 2016-17 season, and you'll hear it Sundays at 2 p.m.

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Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti

Jun 20, 2017

With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.

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Jason Haaheim is principal timpanist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Meet The Nanotechnologist Behind The Timpani At The Met

Jun 17, 2017

Jason Haaheim was a senior scientist at a nanotech company before deciding he wanted to play in a professional orchestra. He's now principal timpanist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

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Penguin Cafe: Tiny Desk Concert

Jun 16, 2017

Penguin Cafe folds in sounds from around the world and throughout music history — Africa, Kraftwerk, Brazil and Franz Schubert.

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Warner/Chappell Music CEO Jon Platt accepts a Songwriter Hall of Fame award on behalf of Jay Z, the first rapper inductee, on June 15, 2017 in New York City.

Barack Obama Honors Jay Z At Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala

Jun 16, 2017

The annual ceremony, held in New York Thursday night, also honored Motown founder Berry Gordy, producer Max Martin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Babyface and members of the band Chicago.

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Arcadi Volodos devotes his new album to the music of Brahms.

Songs We Love: Arcadi Volodos, 'Intermezzo In A, Op. 118, No. 2'

Jun 16, 2017

The Russian pianist, known for his fiery technique, scales back to let his instrument sing sweetly in an autumnal miniature from late in the career of Johannes Brahms.

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Maria Callas photographed at her home in Milan, Italy, in 1958.

Fame Is A Boomerang

Jun 07, 2017

The legendary diva, who died 40 years ago this year, muses on stardom and fate — both on stage and off — in a luxurious new book of pictures and words.

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Shots - Health News

NIH Director Francis Collins and Renée Fleming, who is Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., sing a duet.

The Soprano And The Scientist: A Conversation About Music And Medicine

Jun 02, 2017

NIH Director Francis Collins and Renée Fleming, who is Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., discuss music and medicine. They also sing a duet.

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Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, a leading interpreter of Czech music, has died at age 71.

A Champion Of Czech Music, Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, Dies At 71

Jun 01, 2017

The Prague native was a proud promoter of his country's musical heritage — from Antonín Dvořák to Bohuslav Martinů — with the world's top orchestras.

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From left to right: Aria Mason (Rosalia), Ebonee Davis (Piquita) and Kenya Lawrence Jackson (La Flamenca) star in OperaCréole's production of <em>La Flamenca</em>.

A New Orleans Company Shines A Light On Opera's Diverse History

May 28, 2017

Givonna Joseph, founder of OperaCréole, explains why it's so important to perform the works of composers of color, which she says were historically "hidden on purpose."

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40 Years Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away, An Iconic Film Score Was Born

May 25, 2017

Star Wars was released 40 years ago today — and it wasn't just the light sabers that changed pop culture. John Williams' epic music, played by the London Symphony Orchestra, became a touchstone.

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Composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir revised her piece <em>Aura</em> especially for The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Volcanic Transmissions

May 25, 2017

As members of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet bow their vibraphones, brush their gongs and message their bass drums, the composer's evocative music oozes from blackness.

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The new album from the Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing features music by John Luther Adams.

Songs We Love: The Crossing, 'The White Wind'

May 19, 2017

The Crossing, a new music choir from Philadelphia, communes with nature in John Luther Adams' "holy" ode to the wind, the skies and birds.

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Composer Angelo Badalamenti, Master Of Mood, Returns To 'Twin Peaks'

May 18, 2017

His sound has helped define David Lynch's work since Blue Velvet and was an essential character in the original Twin Peaks. Now, Badalamenti and Lynch are reuniting for the show's revival.