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"I found that I feel more empowered and stronger singing with this strange voice that I have," Anthony Roth Costanzo says.
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Deceptive Cadence

Anthony Roth Costanzo: A Countertenor For The 21st Century

Sep 21, 2018
The resourceful singer is unafraid to bring opera — and his high-flying top notes — to unlikely places, from sixth-grade classrooms to the offices of NPR.
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Music News
Liang Wang, playing with the New York Philharmonic at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013.

New York Philharmonic Musicians In Limbo After Investigation

Sep 17, 2018
After a five-month investigation, the New York City orchestra took action against oboist Liang Wang and trumpeter Matthew Muckey over unspecified misconduct.
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American Anthem
Sixteen-year-old McKenna Howard and her mother, Amy, at the Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Ore. this August. McKenna sang the national anthem at the event.

How Sports Met 'The Star Spangled Banner'

Sep 06, 2018
"The Star Spangled Banner" has been played at major sporting events as far back as the Civil War, even before it was officially named the national anthem. How and why did the tradition stick?
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First Listen
Helen Sung's <em>Sung With Words</em> comes out Sept. 14.

First Listen: Helen Sung, 'Sung With Words'

Sep 06, 2018
The pianist merges jazz and poetry together to make a multi-movement work that explores themes of the human condition.
Classical
Tiny Desk
George Li performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 31, 2018 (Eric Lee/NPR).

George Li: Tiny Desk Concert

Aug 31, 2018
Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision.
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Deceptive Cadence
Renée Fleming, photographed singing the national anthem during Super Bowl XLVIII, will sing at the memorial service for the late Sen. John McCain at Washington's National Cathedral.

Renée Fleming, America's Go-To Diva, To Sing At McCain Memorial In Washington

Aug 29, 2018
The versatile opera star will sing an Irish classic at the memorial service of Senator John McCain Saturday at Washington's National Cathedral.
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Music Interviews
Gabriel Kahane, <em>Book of Travelers</em>.

Strangers On A Train: How Gabriel Kahane's Travels Inspired An Album Of Empathy

Aug 28, 2018
Kahane's new album, Book of Travelers is inspired by a two-week train trip the composer took across America. Kahane discusses the album and performs a few of the songs in NPR's studio.
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Deceptive Cadence
Leonard Bernstein, the conductor.

Life With Leonard Bernstein

Aug 25, 2018
To mark the centennial of her father's birth, Jamie Bernstein talks frankly about her new memoir, tracking her life as the daughter of the legendary composer.
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Deceptive Cadence
Composer George Walker takes a bow at a performance of his Pulitzer winning piece, <em>Lilacs</em>, in California in1996.

George Walker, Trailblazing American Composer, Dies At 96

Aug 24, 2018
The composer, whose music fused many styles with a singular voice, constantly broke new ground. He was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music.
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Deceptive Cadence
"Sometimes when you watch Bernstein conduct ... it's his own involvement and enthusiasm at that moment, his own kind of oneness with the work," archivist Barbara Haws says.

The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent

Aug 24, 2018
Born 100 years ago on Aug. 25, 1918, Bernstein was a larger-than-life character — on stage as a conductor, at the piano as a composer, on TV as an educator and in a sometimes tangled personal life.
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Deceptive Cadence
American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein, in 1970, at a London press conference.

Got 'Mambo'? A Playlist For Leonard Bernstein Fanatics And First-Timers

Aug 23, 2018
Need to beef up on Leonard Bernstein? Hear the musical polymath's most delightful tunes, from West Side Story classics to surprises from Aretha Franklin, Tom Waits and Selena.
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Music News
David Daniels, seen here at the Opera News Awards in New York City in 2013, has been accused of drugging and raping a young opera singer.

Opera Singer David Daniels Accused Of Rape

Aug 22, 2018
The celebrated artist and his husband, Scott Walters, are accused of drugging and raping a young singer in Houston, Texas, in May 2010.
Classical
Deceptive Cadence
A still from <em>The Unchanging Sea</em>.

New Music, New Stories From Century-Old Celluloid

Aug 20, 2018
Watch an excerpt from The Unchanging Sea, the latest commingling of filmmaker Bill Morrison's decaying reels of silent film and Michael Gordon's undulating music.
Classical
Tiny Desk
Yo-Yo Ma plays selections from Bach's Cello Suites at NPR Music's Tiny Desk.

Yo-Yo Ma, A Life Led With Bach

Aug 17, 2018
If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.
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Tiny Desk
Yo-Yo Ma performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 25, 2018 (Samantha Clark/NPR).

Yo-Yo Ma: Tiny Desk Concert

Aug 17, 2018
Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.

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