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    Gustavo Dudamel during a press conferece on Sept. 30, 2009 in LA, around the time he was named the music director of the LA Philharmonic.
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    Dudamel And L.A. Philharmonic Reunite For Socially Distanced Virtual Concert Series

    Mar 05, 2021
    On March 5th, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic return to the Hollywood Bowl to launch the second season of their virtual concert series, Sound/Stage.
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    Kris Bowers performs onstage during Soundcheck: A Netflix Film and Series Music Showcase on Nov. 4, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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    Kris Bowers Reflects On Coming 'Full Circle' In Composing The Score For 'Respect'

    Feb 26, 2021
    Aretha Franklin liked how Kris Bowers played piano at a competition in 2011. It was his big break — a fact that he says was with him while he scored a upcoming biopic about the late Queen of Soul.
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    Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021.
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    Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

    Feb 19, 2021
    A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.
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    The Fort Lauderdale duo Black Violin wrote "Time to Shine" after reflecting on what happened last year and ringing in the new one.
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    On 'Time To Shine,' Black Violin Focuses On The Light

    Feb 17, 2021
    The duo, famed for enmeshing classical and hip-hop, looks back at America's past year and toward its near future on a new song, "Time to Shine."
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    Maryanne Amacher, an artist and composer, is one of the women featured in the new documentary <em>Sisters with Transistors.</em>
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    'Sisters With Transistors': Pioneers Of Electronic Music

    Feb 09, 2021
    The new documentary tells the story of the roles women played — and continue to play — in the creation and development of electronic music, from theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore to today.
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    Will Liverman 'Dreams Of A New Day' For Black Composers

    Feb 09, 2021
    As a student, the young baritone was never really introduced to any Black composers. Liverman's latest album, Dreams of a New Day, features an abundance of them.
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    Max Richter plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.
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    Max Richter: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Jan 22, 2021
    Watch the composer, in a bucolic southern England setting, play six of his most tranquil, yet probing pieces.
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    Composer Osvaldo Golijov (second from right) and three of his colleagues on <em>Falling Out of Time</em>: vocalists Wu Tong, Nora Fischer and Biella da Costa.
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    What Is The Sound Of Grief? Osvaldo Golijov Puts It To Music

    Jan 18, 2021
    In his newest work, Falling Out of Time, composer Osvaldo Golijov explores a painful subject — the death of a child. He was inspired by a unique literary work by Israeli writer David Grossman.
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    Tim Shantz conducts Luminous Voices' first car concert on Oct. 4, 2020.
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    Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform

    Jan 11, 2021
    This car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing "together." The method uses microphones, a mixer, an FM transmitter and car radios.
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    Baritone Will Liverman's upcoming album is devoted to Black composers past and present.
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    NPR's Classical Music Editor Previews 2 Albums You'll Want To Hear

    Jan 11, 2021
    NPR's resident classical music specialist Tom Huizenga previews two of the albums he's looking forward to spending time with in 2021.
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    Award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith penned the lyrics to <em>These Are The Hands.</em>
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    The Thistle & Shamrock: 'These Are The Hands'

    Jan 07, 2021
    Meet internationally-acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith and award-winning composer James Ross, who collaborated on song cycle These Are The Hands.
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    Amplify With Lara Downes
    Lara Downes talks with Jon Batiste.
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    How To Stay Human: Jon Batiste Talks With Lara Downes

    Dec 26, 2020
    The renowned musician and Late Show bandleader has sage advice on everything from finding your north star and owning your own orbit to honoring lineage.
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    The dance of death, an ancient image that inspired Thomas Adès to compose his <em>Totentanz</em>.
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    Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020

    Dec 21, 2020
    NPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.
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    Beethoven's Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Enlightenment

    Dec 17, 2020
    Growing up in a progressive city, Ludwig van Beethoven embraced the ideals of the Enlightenment, the philosophical movement that shook Europe and helped shape the composer's music.
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    Jan Vogler and Alessio Bax plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.
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    Jan Vogler And Alessio Bax: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Dec 16, 2020
    Join cellist Jan Vogler and pianist Alessio Bax at the "doctor's office," where they make the case for Beethoven as the liberator of the cello by playing music from his cello sonatas.

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